Figurative Language (5.RL.4): - is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. When a writer uses literal language, he or she is simply stating the facts as they are.
LEARNING TARGET: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including Figurative Language.
LEARNING TARGET: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including Figurative Language.
Types of Figurative Language:
Personification: Giving something nonhuman or an object, human characteristics
Personification: Giving something nonhuman or an object, human characteristics
Onomatopoeia: Sound words
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Hyberbole: An exaggeration so dramatic that no one would believe its true
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Alliteration: When a set of words uses the same dsound or letters repeatedly
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Idioms: A set of words that can have more than one meaning behind them
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Metaphor: A statement that is a comparison of two things that does not use "like" or "as"
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Simile: A comparison of two things that uses "like" or "as"
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Imagery: The mental pictures created by a piece of writing, descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses
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Allusions: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Synonyms: reference to, mention of
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More Examples of Figurative Language: