Transcript Figurative Language - ESL

Figurative Language
From Definitions and Examples
Figurative Language
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Describing something by
comparing it to
something else.
Goes beyond literal
meaning for new ideas or
insights on subject
There are many ways to do this.
You see it and hear it everyday!
Simile
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Direct comparison
between two unlike
things, using like
and as
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Example: She is as
busy as a bee.
Where you’ve heard it:
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“I keep on crying but it
doesn't seem to help at
all. With every single
tear drop it's like
another rain drop
fall. No matter what I
do I can't stop the rain.”
Ne-Yo Can’t Stop the Rain
Metaphor
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Implied comparison
between two unlike
things – sometimes using
a form of a BEING VERB
NOT using like, as
Being verbs: am, is, are, was,
were, be, being, been
Where you’ve heard it:
1.
“The truth is hiding in
your eyes and it’s hanging
on your tongue, Just boiling
in my blood, but you think I
can’t see” Paramore – Decode
2.
“Look at him, look at me,
that boy is bad, and
honestly, he is a wolf in
disguise, but I can’t stop
looking in those evil eyes”
Lady Gaga - Monster
Alliteration
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Repeated consonant
sounds occurring at
the beginning of
words or within words
Where you’ve heard it:
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“I keep your Love Locked
down, your love locked
down, you loose”
Love Locked Down - Kanye West
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Alliteration always has
alike amounts of
sound.
2.
“We keep quite cause
we’re dead if they knew”
Love Story – Taylor Swift
Personification
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Gives qualities of a person
to an animal, an object, or an
idea
Where you’ve heard it:
1.
Authors use to communicate
feeling or attitude
“And the Shadow of the
Day, will embrace the
world in grey, and the sun
will set for you”
Shadow of the Day – Linkin Park
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“I look at the world, and I
notice it’s turning, while my
guitar gently weeps”
While My Guitar Gently Weeps Beatles
Onomatopoeia
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Words to mimic
sounds
Appeal to sense of
hearing and bring
description to life
Where you’ve heard it:
1.
“I'm so 3008
You so 2000 and late
I got that boom, boom,
boom
That future boom, boom,
boom
Let me get it now”
Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
2. “Tonight, Imma fight till we see
the sun light, tick tock on
the clock, but the party don’t
stop, no”
Tick Tock - Kesha
Hyperbole
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Exaggerated statement used to
heighten effect
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Emphasize a point
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HYPER = extra or
exaggerated energy
Where you’ve heard it:
“But I would walk 500 miles, and
I would walk 500 more, just to
be the man who walked 1000
miles.”
I’m Gonna Be – The Proclaimers
Chuck Norris does not do pushups. He pushes the world
down.
His charm is so contagious,
vaccines were created for it. –
The Most Interesting Man in
the World
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I'm Already There by Lonestar
Teardrops on My Guitar by Taylor Swift
Love Song by Sara Bareilles
Dynamite by Taio Cruz
Breathe (2 AM) by Anna Nalick (this one uses similies as well)
Like a G6 by Far East Movement
Whip My Hair by Willow (Willow Smith)
The Remedy, Jason Mraz
Lost!, Coldplay(Acoustic piano)
Lost?, Coldplay(Organ-like sound)
Lollipop, Mika
When Im Gone, Simple Plan(just a bit figurative)
Chop Suey, System Of A Down
Wordplay by Jason Mraz:
Get Whole Songs of:
Rihanna – take a bow
Kanye West – Love Lock Down
Paramore – Decode
Taylor Swift – Love Story
Lady Gaga – Monster
Shadow of the day – Linkin Park
Hip Hop is Dead – Nas
Stop and Stare – One Republic
Datskat – The Roots
Owl City Fireflies
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Landscape chart (and modified one)
Find lyrics
Outline lesson plan