1 / 17

Go Figure!

Go Figure!. Figurative Language Grades 6-8. Recognizing Literal Language. “I’ve eaten so much I feel as if I could literally burst!” Literal language is language that means exactly what is said. Most of the time, we use literal language. What is figurative language?.

gaye
Download Presentation

Go Figure!

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Go Figure! Figurative Language Grades 6-8

  2. Recognizing Literal Language “I’ve eaten so much I feel as if I could literally burst!” Literal language is language that means exactly what is said. Most of the time, we use literal language.

  3. What is figurative language? • Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language.

  4. Types of Figurative Language • Simile • Metaphor • Alliteration • Personification • Onomatopoeia • Hyperbole • Idioms • Foreshadowing • Imagery

  5. Simile • A simile is a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. Example: The muscles on his brawny arms are strong as iron bands.

  6. Metaphor • A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as. • Example: The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert.

  7. Personification • Personification is giving the characteristics of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea. Example: “The wind yells while blowing." The wind cannot yell. Only a living thing can yell.

  8. Hyperbole • Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration. Example: “I told you a million times!”

  9. Irony • Irony occurs when the opposite of what is expected happens. Example: “The firehouse caught on fire!” We would not expect that to happen.

  10. Alliteration • Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds. Example: She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.

  11. Onomatopoeia • The use of words that mimic common sounds. Example: The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!

  12. Foreshadowing • Foreshadowing is when the author gives hints about events that have yet to occur. • Example: My brother kicked the soccer ball at the window.

  13. Imagery • Imagery is words that appeal to the senses. • • Sight • • Hearing • • Touch • • Taste • • Smell

  14. Idioms • An idiom is a saying that cannot be translated word-for-word in another language. Example: "She has a bee in her bonnet," meaning "she is obsessed," cannot be literally translated into another language word for word.

  15. Figurative Language Resources • Eye on Idioms (Online PPT) • Paint by Idioms(Game) • Alliteration or Simile?(Quiz) • Similes and Metaphors(PPT) • The Search for Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms(PPT) • Alliteration (PPT) • Onomatopoeia (PPT) • Personification (PPT) • Hyperbole  (PPT) • Idioms (PPT) • Simile (PPT)

  16. Teaching Similes and Metaphors • Alliteration Lesson Plan and Resources http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/1allitera.htm • Hyperbole- Lesson Plans and Resources http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/10lesson.htm • Idiom Lesson Plan http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/6lesson.htm • Imagery- Lesson Plans and Resources http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/imagery2.htm • Lesson Plan for Puns http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/5lesson.htm • Onomatopoeia- Lesson Plans and Resources http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/9lesson.htm • Personification Lesson Plans and Resources http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/7lesson.htm • Proverbs- Lesson Plans and Resources http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/proverbs2.htm

More Related