Transcript Figurative Language

Daily Learning Objective
• Today I will analyze
figurative language using
definitions and pictures with
fill in notes.
CCSS Standards Covered
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative
language, word relationships, and nuances
in word meanings.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.10
Write routinely over extended time frames
(time for research, reflection, and revision)
and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a
day or two) for a range of discipline-specific
tasks, purposes, and audiences
There’s a lot that goes into
“figuring out” figurative
language!
Is it a comparison between two things?
Yes
No
Does it use “like” or “as”?
Yes
Are they exaggerating
too much or too little?
No
No
Yes
Simile
Metaphor
?
Too Much?
Object or idea doing
human things?
Too Little?
No
Hyperbole Understatement
Yes
Personification
Figurative and Literal Language
Literal: words function exactly as defined
The left fielder dropped the baseball.
Figurative: You have to figure it out
The left fielder has butterfingers.
^This is a figure of
speech.
Figurative and Literal Language
Literal: words function exactly as defined
The boy’s room was messy.
Figurative: You have to figure it out
The boy’s room was a pigsty.
^This is a figure of
speech.
Turn and Talk!
With your elbow partner, write one example
of literal language, and one example of
figurative. Hint: You can use this picture
for inspiration! 
Literal:
Figurative:
Simile
A comparison of two different things
using the word “like” or “as.”
Simile
Telephone wires hung like a musical score
Why is it a Simile?
• What’s being compared?
– Compares telephone wires to a musical score
• How is it being compared?
– Using the word like… hung LIKE a musical
score…
• What is being said by the comparison?
– ? Insert your own ideas here…
Simile
Those faces, sour as vinegar, looked down
upon us.
Why is it a Simile?
• What’s being compared?
– Facial expressions to the taste of vinegar
• How is it being compared?
– Using the word as… faces, sour AS vinegar…
• What is being said by the comparison
– ? Insert your ideas here
Warning!
“Like” and “as” don’t always make similes.
A comparison must be made.
Not Simile: I washed the dishes as she dried
them.
Simile: The dishes were as clean as the
inside of a full bottle of soap.
In the first example, no comparison is made.
In the second, the cleanliness of the dishes
is compared to the inside of a soap bottle.
Turn and Talk!
• With your elbow partner, write one
example of a simile using like, and one
using as. Hint: You may use the pictures
below for inspiration!
Metaphor
A comparison of two different things
DIRECTLY - without using the word “like”
or “as.”
(words you might see: is, was, are,
etc…)
Metaphor
Music is my life.
Why is it a metaphor?
• What’s being compared?
– Music and life
• How is it being compared?
– DIRECTLY. Music IS my life.
• What is being said by the comparison?
– ? Insert your own ideas here…
– Cartoon: That life and music are both
repetitive and don’t last long (fleeting).
Metaphor
Flowers of thought blossom while reading
Why is it a metaphor?
• What’s being compared?
– Compares thinking to blossoming flowers
• How is it being compared?
– DIRECTLY. Flowers of thought BLOSSOM.
• What is being said by the comparison?
– ? Insert your own ideas here…
Turn and Talk!
• With your elbow partner, write two
examples of metaphors. Hint: You may
use the pictures below for inspiration!
Personification
Giving human traits or characteristics to
non-human things (i.e. objects or
ideas).
Personification
Why is it personification?
• What is being given human-like traits or
qualities?
– The stars
• What is the human-like trait or quality they
are given?
– The ability to hide
• Why use it?
– ? Insert your ideas here…
Personification
Or trees that whisper in some far, small town
Why is it Personification?
• What is being given human-like traits or
qualities?
– The trees
• What is the human-like trait or quality they
are given?
– The ability to whisper
• Why use it?
– ? Insert your ideas here…
Turn and Talk!
• With your elbow partner, write two
examples of personification. Hint: You
may use the pictures below for inspiration!
Allusion
Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to
a person, place, thing or idea of historical,
cultural, literary or political significance. It
does not describe in detail the person or
thing to which it refers. It is just a passing
comment and the writer expects the
reader to possess enough knowledge to
spot the allusion and grasp its importance
in a text.
Literary Allusion
Why is it Allusion?
• What story is being alluded to?
– The Tortoise and the Hare – it doesn’t
describe it in detail, you would have to know
something about the story to understand the
cartoon.
• Why use it?
– ? Insert your ideas here…
Literary Allusion
?
Why is it Allusion?
Turn and Talk!
With your elbow partner, figure out what the
two pictures below are literary allusions to.
Hint: Biblical Story.
The Biblical Adam and Eve,
Garden of Eden Story –
“the forbidden fruit”
Hyperbole
Exaggerating to express a strong feeling
Hyperbole
I will love you until the end of time.
Why is it hyperbole?
• What strong feeling is being exaggerated?
– love
• Why is it an exaggeration?
– We won’t actually live until the end of time…
• Why use it?
– ? Insert your ideas here
Hyperbole
My dad would kill me if he knew about this.
Why is it hyperbole?
• What strong feeling is being exaggerated?
– Dad’s anger
• Why is it an exaggeration?
– Dad isn’t going to kill his own child; he’s just
going to be very, very angry.
• Why use it?
– ? Insert your ideas here
Turn and Talk!
• With your elbow partner, write two
examples of hyperbole. Hint: You may
use the pictures below for inspiration!
Understatement
Expression with less strength than expected.
The opposite of hyperbole.
Understatement
The guillotine will give you a bad hair day.
Why is it Understatement?
• What is being understated?
– The results of the guillotine
• Why is it an under-exaggeration?
– The results would be MUCH worse than bad
hair.
• Why use it?
– ? Insert your ideas here
Understatement
Kidnapping your host is considered rude.
Why is it Understatement?
• What is being understated?
– That kidnapping is rude
• Why is it an under-exaggeration?
– This would be CRIMINAL – much worse than
rude.
• Why use it?
– ? Insert your ideas here
Turn and Talk!
• With your elbow partner, write two
examples of understatement. Hint: You
may use the pictures below for inspiration!
Let’s Practice with
Whiteboards and Pictures!
IDENTIFY which type of figurative
language is used in the following
slides.
Simile!
Comparing how happy I am to a clam
using the word AS.
Hyperbole!
Over exaggerating how heavy the bag is.
Personification!
Giving humanlike qualities and
characteristics (smiles, faces, voices)
to non-human things (cars).
Allusion!
Alluding to the story of Pinocchio
and what happens to his nose
when lying.
Understatement
There is more than tension – this
situation has escalated to
violence.
Simile!
Comparing the frog’s eyes to
sparkling diamonds using the
word LIKE.
Metaphor!
Comparing someone to a weasel
– a DIRECT comparison.
Simile!
Comparing how deeply we slept to
a log using the word LIKE.
Metaphor
Comparing the word to an oyster
DIRECTLY using the word IS.
Understatement
There is more than water on
pavement here – this is a major
flood!
Let’s Practice with
Whiteboards and Text!
IDENTIFY which type of figurative
language is used in the following
slides.
1
Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten,
Answer
This is a simile because it compares a thing
that should be forgotten to a flower.
2
Your hand was honey-comb to heal,
Your voice a web to bind.
Answer
This is a metaphor because the subject’s
hand was compared to honey-comb and
the subject’s voice was compared to a
web. The speaker did not use like or as.
3
After smashing through the garage door
Alex acknowledge that he may have parked
a little too close to the house.
Answer
This is an understatement because Alex
parked more than a little too close.
4
The brooks laugh louder when I come,
The breezes madder play.
Answer
This is personification because the brooks
are given the ability to laugh and the
breezes are given the ability to play.
5
There are some, like stars, that dwell apart,
In a fellowless firmament;
Answer
This is simile because some are compared
to stars using the word like.
6
And there will I keep you forever,
Yes, forever and a day,
Till the walls shall crumble to ruin,
And molder in dust away!
Answer
This is hyperbole because the speaker is
exaggerating how long he will keep the
person. You can’t add a day to forever
without exaggerating.
7
Freedom weeps, Wrong rules the land, and
waiting Justice sleeps.
Answer
This is personification because freedom is
given the ability to weep, wrong is given
the ability to rule, and justice is given the
ability to sleep.
8
The painted leaves are strewn
Along the winding way.
Answer
This is a metaphor because the coloration
of the leaves is compared to paint without
using the word like or as.
9
Jeff probably should have said “Thanks”
after Vic saved his life.
Answer
This is an understatement because if
someone saves another’s life, more
gratitude is expected than the informal
“Thanks.”
10
The graveyard of my soul is filled with
flowers, so that I may stroll in meditation,
at my ease.
Answer
This is a metaphor because the speaker
compares his soul to a graveyard without
using the word like or as.