1. Figurative vs. Literal Language
L.8.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Figurative vs. Literal Language
What’s the difference?

2. Figurative Language
Figurative language is when you say one thing, but mean something totally different.

3. Literal Language
Literal language is when you say exactly what you mean.

4. Literal vs. Figurative Literal Figurative Explicit Implicit
Factual, straightforward
Imaginative, conveys an idea

5. Practice!
As you see each slide, determine what each phrase means both literally and figuratively.

6. It’s raining cats and dogs
For Example
It’s raining cats and dogs
Literal- it is pouring animals from the sky.
Figurative- it is raining really hard!

7. Quit pulling my leg

8. Cat got your tongue?

9. She has a frog in her throat!