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My heart hurts.
Literal Language
My head is spinning.
Figurative Language.
His feet are big as skateboards.
Figurative Language.
I haven't eaten anything all day.
Literal Language
Figurative Language is the language that is interpreted imaginatively rather than literally.
True or False
True
I am serious as a heart attack.
Figurative Language
The sand feels rough.
Literal Language
Her hair is very soft.
Literal Language
You are the apple of my eye.
Figurative Language
Literal Language means exactly what it says.
True or False
True
Grass looks green.
Literal Language
Sand is like solid water.
Figurative
He has big feet.
Literal Language
My brother sits on the couch every day for two hours to play the game.
Literal Language
Figurative Language deals with vivid or imaginative ways.
True or False
True
The grass is always greener on the other side.
Figurative Language
The flower smells sweet.
Literal Language
The backpack feels very heavy.
Literal Language
My car is clean as a whistle.
Literal Language does not mean exactly what it is.
True or False
False
My brother is such a couch potato.
Figurative Language.
The baby was healthy as an ox.
Figurative Language
The backpack weighs a ton.
Figurative Language
Let the cat out of the bag.
Figurative Language
Figurative and Literal Language could have the same meaning.
True or False
False
I'm as fit as a fiddle.
Figurative
James is as smart as a whip.
Figurative
Oh my! How time flies.
Figurative
Figurative
Figurative
How many common figures of speech are there? And can you name three of them?
50 10
20 35
10
Figurative speech...oxymoron
figurative....hyperbole
What is the author assuming you know about to understand this statement?
figurative......allusion
You must know about the tale of George Washington chopping down the cherry tree.
It is raining really hard outside this morning.
True statement.