The buses can be impatient around here .

1. Money is the only friend that I can count on. The sorry engine wheezed its death cough. What Will We Be Learning About Today? Money is the only friend that I can count on. The buses can be impatient around here. That was a seriously funny joke. They are as different as night and day. Chocolate is her Achilles heel.

2. Figurative Language Figuring it Out

3. Why Use Figurative Language? • More interesting, appealing, eye-catching • I pulled out with a screech of tires. • More relevant – using language that is familiar or that creates an image • He is her Romeo. • More convincing or believable • You really blow my mind. • To help readers understand what the writer is trying to say • Drugs dragged him into that place, and they wouldn’t leave him alone.

4. Figurative and Literal Language Literal:words function exactly as defined The car is blue. He caught the football. Figurative: figure out what it means I’ve got your back.You’re a doll. • also called Figures of Speech

5. Allusion • Reference to something in history, literature, the Bible, mythology, etc., used to make a larger point with fewer words. Examples • I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s. • When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary. • I thought the software would be useful, but it was a Trojan Horse. Handout: Check out the examples – what is the source of the allusion, and what point is the writer making by using this allusion?

6. Hyperbole • Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect Examples • I will love you forever. • My house is a million miles from here. • She’d kill me. Handout: Provide at least two examples of hyperbole. Hyperbole in music. Hyperboles are a million times better than similes; do you agree?

7. Idiom • A phrase understood as to mean something quite different from what individual words of the phrase would imply Examples • A chip on your shoulder • Butterflies in my stomach • Jump the gun Handout: Write down at least two examples of idioms. And now, for some idioms in songs – what do they mean?

8. Metaphor Two things are compared without using “like” or “as” Examples • All the world is a stage. • Men are dogs. • She has a stone heart. Handout: Provide 2+ examples of your own.

9. Simile • Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.” Examples • The metal twisted like a ribbon. • She is as sweet as candy. • The dress fits like a glove. • I took a bite of the cake, which was light as a feather. Handout: Provide at least two examples of simile.

10. Important! • Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile. • A comparison must be made. Not a Simile:I like pizza. Simile:The moon is like a pizza.

11. A quick review of similes and metaphors… • Similes and Metaphors by the Bazillions • Simile or Metaphor – You Decide…

12. Oxymoron (oxy [sharp] + moros [dull])An Oxymoron Song • Contradictory terms appear in conjunction, or next to each other Examples • Open secret • Found missing • Deafening silence • Liquid gas • Hell’s Angels

13. More Examples of OxymoronsHandout: Write down your 5 favorite. • jumbo shrimp • larger half • lead balloon • living dead • loosely sealed • loyal opposition • minor miracle • old news • only choice • open secret • original copy • paper towel • plastic glasses • deafening silence • dull roar • even odds • exact estimate • extinct life • found missing • freezer burn • friendly takeover • good grief • growing smaller • icy hot • impossible solution • intense apathy • alone together • awful good • beggarly riches • bitter sweet • civil war • clearly misunderstood • conspicuous absence • cool passion • crash landing • cruel kindness • definite maybe • deliberate speed • devout atheist

14. Onomatopoeia • Formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named Examples • Boom • Clatter • Purr • Sizzle An onomatopoeia rap…. Handout: Provide two examples.

15. Personification Giving human traits to objects or ideas. Examples • The sunlight danced. • Water on the lake shivers. • The streets are calling me. Check out this personification video. Handout: Provide two examples.

16. Check Your Knowledge On a separate sheet of paper… • Following are examples of text containing figurative language. • Identify whether the figurative language is an allusion, hyperbole, idiom, simile, metaphor, or personification. • You can use your notes.

17. 1 He drew a line as straight as an arrow.

18. 2 Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens.

19. 3 I waited forever to be called in for the interview.

20. 4 The sun beat down on me.

21. 5 A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky.

22. 6 I'd rather take bathswith a man-eating shark,or wrestle a lionalone in the dark,eat spinach and liver,pet 10 porcupines,than tackle the homework,my teacher assigns.

23. 7 Ravenous and savagefrom its longpolar journey,the North Windis searchingfor food—

24. 8 The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

25. 9 Many states have laws that protect Good Samaritans.

26. 10 This rain looks like it could last for forty days and forty nights.

27. 11 Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait until sunup to find out what folks were talking about the night before.

28. 12 I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.Leaving behind nights of terror and fearI rise.

29. 13 • Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow. • Shakespeare

30. 14 • The Bells by Edgar Allan PoeHear the sledges with the bells - Silver bells!What a world of merriment their melody foretells!How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,

31. 15 Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!O any thing, of nothing first create!O heavy lightness! serious vanity! Shakespeare

32. 16 • I’m not going to worry about that now; I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.

33. 17 • Justice is blind and, at times, deaf.

34. 18 • I can smell pizza from a mile a way.

35. 19 • Toby manipulated the people in his life as though they were chess pieces.

36. 20 "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard, He tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred; Tlot tlot, tlot tlot! 

37. Answers • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Oxymoron • Onomatopoeia • Oxymoron • Idiom • Personification • Hyperbole • Simile • Onomatopoeia • Simile • Metaphor • Hyperbole • Personification • Simile • Hyperbole • Personification • Metaphor • Allusion • Allusion