Figurative Language: Words that Mean More than What...
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Figurative Language:
Words that Mean More than What
They Say
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Figurative LanguageLiteral
Meaning:
what a word
would exactly
mean in the
dictionary
Also known as Denotation
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Figurative Meaning:
Like a figure (or picture), the
symbolic or associated meaning
Also known as Connotation
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Heart
Literal Meaning -
Figurative Meaning -
the main organ that pumps blood
in the circulatory system
love, affection, Valentine’s Day,
center of attention
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Figurative Language:
1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Hyperbole
4. Symbol
5. Personification
6. Repetition
7. Alliteration
8. Onomatopoeia
9. Imagery
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Metaphor
A direct comparison of two things
(not using “like” or “as”)
Ex. After lifting weights, I am an ogre.
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Simile
Comparing two things using “like”
or “as”
Ex. She sings like an angel.
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Hyperbole
An exaggeration/
extended metaphor
Ex. I'm drowning in money.
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Symbol(ism)
+ =
A person, place, object or action
that stands for something
beyond itself
Romance added to relationships results in love.
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Personification
Giving human qualities to an
animal, object or idea
Ex. I can’t type my report, the
computer is sick.
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Repetition
• Repeating a word, phrase, symbol, or stanza.
• A technique the author uses to emphasize the
importance of what is being said.
“And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep.”
-Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
Evening.”
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Alliteration
• The Repetition of consonant sounds (not vowels) at the beginning of words in a line or a stanza. (The same sound at the start of words.)
• Ex. “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.”
- Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven”
- Why do authors use alliteration?
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Onomatopoeia• The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning.
Also, it is a sound spelled out.
“The only other sounds the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.”
- Robert Frost
or
“Buzz, Zoom, Crash!”
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• Imagery is words or phrases that appeal to
the five senses.
• Imagery helps your writing to
come alive for the reader.
• Example:
“The warm brownies melted in my mouth
and tasted like happiness.”
Imagery
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Figurative Language:
•Makes narrative writing more
interesting
•Appeals to senses, helps
reader feel more
•Leads to deeper levels of
meaning