1. Figurative Language & Tone
Ms. Williams
5th/6th Grade ELA

2. Language that uses figures of speech to create images of what something looks, sounds, or feels like.
Authors use figurative language to make unfamiliar objects, settings, and situations more relatable. Figures of speech can increase effectiveness, persuasiveness, and impact in a text.
Figurative Language

3. Types of Figurative Language
Metaphor: A comparison between two different things that does NOT use “like” or “as”
Simile: A comparison between two different things, using the words “like” or “as”
Personification: Figure of speech in which a thing, an idea, or an animal is given human-like qualities
Allusion: A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political importance
Alliteration: Device in which several words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series
Types of Figurative Language

4. Tone Refers to “tone of voice” Conveys feelings
The feelings a narrator has toward a certain character or subject in the story
Tone

5. Word Choice Word choice affect the tone of a story.
Connotation refers to the ideas or feelings that certain words make readers think or feel.
Denotation refers only to the literal meaning of words.
Word Choice