Figurative Language
ELAGSE5L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. a. Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
Figurative language is a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning. It is used by the writer for the sake of comparison or dramatic effect. Authors use similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification to make their stories more interesting.
Similes and Metaphors:
A simile is where two things are directly compared because they share a common feature. The word AS or LIKE is used to compare the two words.
Eg. As cold AS a dog's nose
A metaphor also compares two things, but it does so more directly WITHOUT using as or like.It is saying one thing is another
Eg. The shop was a little gold-mine.
Similes and Metaphors:
A simile is where two things are directly compared because they share a common feature. The word AS or LIKE is used to compare the two words.
Eg. As cold AS a dog's nose
A metaphor also compares two things, but it does so more directly WITHOUT using as or like.It is saying one thing is another
Eg. The shop was a little gold-mine.
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Other examples of Figurative Language:
Personification: A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug.
Alliteration: The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. Alliteration includes tongue twisters.
Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.
Onomatopoeia: The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
Example: snap crackle pop
Hyperbole: An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Tall tales are hyperboles.
Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.
Idioms: According to Webster's Dictionary, an idiom is defined as: peculiar to itself either grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements.
Example: Monday week for "the Monday a week after next Monday"
Clichés: A cliché is an expression that has been used so often that it has become trite and sometimes boring.
Example: Many hands make light work.
Personification: A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug.
Alliteration: The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. Alliteration includes tongue twisters.
Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.
Onomatopoeia: The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action.
Example: snap crackle pop
Hyperbole: An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Tall tales are hyperboles.
Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.
Idioms: According to Webster's Dictionary, an idiom is defined as: peculiar to itself either grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements.
Example: Monday week for "the Monday a week after next Monday"
Clichés: A cliché is an expression that has been used so often that it has become trite and sometimes boring.
Example: Many hands make light work.