Figurative Language
What is figurative language?
Language that is not intended to be interpreted literally
When the two groups met on the street, they got into a fray. By the time it was over several people were injured.
What is the meaning of the word fray in the above sentence?
Heated argument or fight
Name the imagery: As she walked through the wintery woods, her teeth chattered and the leaves crunched under her feet.
Hearing or auditory imagery
Define Tone
The writer or speaker's attitude towards the subject
Simile or Metaphor: The classroom was a zoo
Metaphor
Personification
The audience, as it entered the auditorium, was extremely boisterous. Their laughter filled the air. There was a lot of pushing and shoving as people tried to enter all at the same time.
What does the word boisterous mean as used in the paragraph above?
Loud
Name the imagery: As they sat on the soft, sugary sand beach waiting for the sunset, the sinking sun shimmered on the water as the blue sky transformed into various shades of purple and pink.
Sight or Visual Imagery
How is the tone developed in a text?
Mr. Smalls loves DC or Marvel more?
Marvel
What is the figurative language used in the following example: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
Simile
As a last show of defiance against his mother, he clenched his fist and brazenly aimed for the wall that separated his room from his parents.
In the sentence above, what does the word brazenly mean?
Without thought
Name the imagery: As she entered the warm house, she was welcomed by the scents of hot apple cider and cinnamon.
Smell or Olfactory Imagery
Urgent
Who was the protagonist in Shrek?
Shrek
Name the figurative and explain the meaning of " It rained 40 days and 40 nights"
Hyperbole and it has rained constantly for several days
When our debate team went to states and won, they brought a lot of prestige to our school. The enrollment in the debate program increased substantially, and several businesses made donations to the school. I
What does the word prestige mean as used in the paragraph above?
Honor or fame
Name the imagery: My mouth nearly watered as I stared at the decadent chocolate mousse and imagined the sweet, creamy dessert rolling on my tongue.
Taste or gustatory imagery
Identify the tone:We have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen miners—our friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday, deep below the earth. They lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving behind grieving wives and bewildered children. We bid them a final farewell.
Sad, sorrrowful, mournful
What's the connotative difference between a house and a home?
The feeling that is created in a home could be described as loving, warmth and full of family. A house is a place you live.
Name 5 types of figurative language
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
When our team won the state championship, all of the students were exuberant the next day. There were celebrations in the courtyard and a parade on the football field.
What is the definition of exuberant?
Excited or overjoyed
Name the imagery: His legs ached after climbing so many flights of stairs, and he could feel the flush in his face. He couldn’t wait to get out of his sticky, sweaty clothes and let the cool, soothing water wash over him in the shower.
Tactile or touch imagery
Identify the tone: What’s the matter with those idiots in the city council? First they pass new parking regulations saying we can’t park our cars in front of our own houses without a special permit. Now they’ve gone and slapped another tax on gas purchase—just to widen a road that’s already wide enough. Anyway, nobody enjoys the traffic delays resulting from road construction. The sooner we vote those incompetents out, the better off we’ll all be.
Anger or frustrated
Name 5 things we have learned in English 1 this year
Open to multiple answers