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Guided Notes-Figurative Language

Figurative language is used to achieve a ________________________ or give the reader a better understanding of what is being discussed. Figurative language is useful in helping writers convey _____________ or _____________ ideas, draw readers into a work, or elicit ____________________.

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Guided Notes-Figurative Language

Figurative language is used to achieve a ________________________ or give the reader a better understanding of what is being discussed. Figurative language is useful in helping writers convey _____________ or _____________ ideas, draw readers into a work, or elicit ____________________.

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Guided Notes

What Is Figurative Language and Why Do We Need It?

Figurative language is language that uses words and expressions that contains meaning
that is ___________________ from its literal definition.
Figurative language is used to achieve a _________________________ or give the reader
a better ________________ and _________________________ of what is being
discussed.
Figurative language is useful in helping writers convey _____________ or _____________
ideas, draw readers into a work, or elicit _________________.

How would our lives be impacted if we didnt have figurative language? Can you think
of a situation where figurative language is useful and necessary?

Metaphor

A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or
suggest that ____________________________.
Examples:
o
This implies that:
o
This implies that:

Simile

A phrase that uses the words _____ or _____ to describe someone or something by
comparing it with someone or something else that is _____________.
All ____________ are _______________, but not all _______________ are ___________.
Examples:
o
o

Alliteration

A stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same _____________________,


occur close together in a series.
The effects of alliteration include:
1.
2.
3.
4.
What are some examples of alliteration that you know or can come up with?

Listen to This: V for Vendetta

But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more commonplace
soubriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona. Voila! In view humble vaudevillian
veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere
veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous
visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and
virulent vermin, van guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation
of volition.

The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity
of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
Verily this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that its my very good
honour to meet you and you may call me V.

How did you feel after his speech/introduction? To what extent did alliteration have an
effect on the speech? How might the speech have been different if he didnt use alliteration?







Onomatopoeia



A word which ____________ the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound affect that
mimics the thing described, making the description more ___________ and
______________.
Examples:
o
o
o
o

Hyperbole



The use of _______________________ as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It
emphasizes, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions. As a figure of speech,
it is usually NOT meant to be taken literally.
Examples:
o
o
Personification

A figure of speech where ____________ qualities are given to ______________________
like ideas, animals, or objects.
What is the effect of personification?
o Personification works by making non-human objects more ___________________
to us by using 1) __________________________, 2) _______________________,
and 3) ___________________.
Examples:
o
o

What words or phrases suggest


that the fog is being personified?

Test Yourself

Identify the correct type of figurative language for each sentence

1. Sally sold seashells by the seashore.
______________________________________________
2. The sun glowered at us with intense rage.
______________________________________________
3. Its been eons since I read that book!
______________________________________________
4. Her face dripped with sweat like a glass of iced tea on a summer day.
______________________________________________
5. I was lost in a sea of nameless faces.
______________________________________________
6. The cash register popped open with a delightful ca-ching.
______________________________________________
7. Jess loved the swish of the basketball net.
_______________________________________________
8. The branches of our newly planted tree reached for the sky.
_______________________________________________
9. Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her shoulders.
_______________________________________________
10. Despite the chaos, David remained cool as a cucumber.
_______________________________________________

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