1. Figurative Language Literary Terms
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Figurative Language Literary Terms
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2. Tone
The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, or audience.
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3. Tone/Attitude Indifferent Depressed Silly Whimsical Serious Cynical
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4. Figures of speech: simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, hyperbole
Expressions that are not literally true
Example simile vs. metaphor
He is a pig. (metaphor)
He eats like a pig. (simile)
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5. Idiom-Figure of speech
An expression that is not literally true.
It is often difficult to understand the meaning.
Ex. Head over heels in love.
She’s off her rocker.
Raining cats and dog.
Kicked the bucket.
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6. euphemism A nice way of saying something that is uncomfortable.
jail-correctional facility
relieve myself/restroom
“final solution”- kill all Jews
“better place” -dead

7. Personification
Personification- giving human traits to something not human.
Ex. the lights blinked.
The moon walked.
The stars danced.
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8. Hyperbole=exaggeration
An exaggeration
I could eat a horse.
It took 1,000 men to carry the coffin.
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9. Symbols-often connected to the story’s theme
Objects that stand for something more.
Ex. American eagle is a symbol of freedom.
$ is a symbol for money.
Public symbol-most understand
Heart beat in “The Tell-Tale Heart” may be a symbol of the narrator’s guilt.
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10. Imagery-pictures Images/pictures- often helps reader imagine
Sensory language- Sight, hear, taste, smell, tough= will help create imagery.
Ex. the red barn (visual)
The whining cat (auditory/hear)
The salty ocean water (taste)
The sweet smell of chocolate chip cookies in the over
The rough feel of sandpaper
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11. allusion An indirect reference
Ex. the garden of Eden- It’s like when Eve ate from the tree.
Jonas/Jonah
Gabriel-angel Gabriel/messenger
Joan Crawford
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12. Figures of speech
A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another that is not meant to be understood literally
Ex. Hold your horses.
Ex. Poems hide.
Ex. He is a firecracker.

13. Literal vs. Figurative Language

14. Figurative- imaginary
Literal vs. Figurative
Literal= true
Non-fiction-true
Figurative- imaginary

15. A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

16. Simile
Like As
Resembles
Than

17. He has broom hair- metaphor (direct comparison)

18. I am a blue balloon floating away.

19. Personification: giving human traits to something not human
The rain dances.
The moon walks.
The wheels whine

20. What is the idiom?

21. Hyperbole is an exaggeration
My backpack weighs a ton!
What does this hyperbole suggest?
Hyperbole is an exaggeration

22. Symbol
A person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.

23. hyperbole
Exaggeration