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Figurative Language
Simile or Metaphor
Figurative Language
Hyperbole or Personification
Figurative Language

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This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

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Name the figurative language: "The car's engine groaned when I turned the key!"

What is personification?

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Give an example of metonymy...

  • "The White House": refers to the President or the presidential administration.
  • "The Crown": refers to the British royal family.
  • "Hollywood": refers to the film industry or celebrities.
  • "The Pentagon": refers to the U.S. Department of Defense.
  • "Suits": refers to businesspeople.
  • "Wall Street": refers to the stock market.
  • "The pen is mightier than the sword.": refers to literature or words.
  • "Lend me your ears.": refers to someone's attention.
  • "I gave him my heart.": refers to love or affection.
  • "From the cradle to the grave.": refers to a person's entire life.
  • "Dish": refers to a meal.
  • "Hand": refers to help
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True or false: We can enhance our writing by adding figurative language.

True

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1. What metaphor does the "two roads" represent in this poem? 

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

A. Actual paths in a forest B. Different life choices or decisions C. Different types of trees D. Different seasons of the year

B. Different life choices or decision

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Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"

What is a simile?

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Name the figurative language: She was dying of laughter.

What is hyperbole?

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She got an awesome set of wheels.

Synecdoche

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Why do we use figurative language in our writing?

to help the reader better understand what we are trying to describe and make it more entertaining

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In the line "And that has made all the difference," what type of figurative language is being used? A. Alliteration B. Onomatopoeia C. Personification D. Hyperbole

D. Hyperbole

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This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

3

Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us. 

What is personification? 

3

The cat crept closer to catch the rat.

Alliteration

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This type of figurative language is a form of expression particular to a specific person or group of people, but it is NOT LITERAL.

What is an IDIOM

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3. When the poem states the path was "grassy and wanted wear," what figurative language device is used? A. Simile B. Metaphor C. Personification D. Alliteration

C. Personification

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Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.

What is a metaphor?

4

This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.

What is personification?

4

Identify the figurative language: out of the blue

What an idiom?

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What is the difference between LITERAL language and FIGURATIVE language. 


Literal language means exactly what is said while figurative language has different meanings than the words that are used. 

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What does "yellow wood" symbolize in the first line of the poem? A. A dead forest B. Autumn season C. A magical forest D. Summer season

B. Autumn season

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Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah. 

What is simile?

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What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."

What is Hyperbole?

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BOOM! CUCKOO! DING! & BANG! What is the use of these words called in figurative language?

ONOMATOPOEIA

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What are the differences among Antithesis, Oxymoron, and Paradox FIGURATIVE language. 

Antithesis: It contrasts opposing ideas in a balanced way. Example: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

Oxymoron: It combines contradictory terms to create a unique expression. Example: "deafening silence" or "bittersweet."

Paradox: This is a statement that appears  illogical, but may reveal a deeper truth upon reflection. Example: "Less is more.

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In the line "Yet knowing how way leads on to way," what literary device is the poet using? A. Onomatopoeia B. Alliteration C. Metaphor D. Rhyme scheme

C. Metaphor