Explaining Figurative Language Used
Explaining Figurative Language Used
FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE USED
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students
should be able to:
1.Identify different types of figurative
language (e.g., simile, metaphor,
hyperbole, personification, etc.).
2.Explain the meaning and use of
figurative language in various texts.
3.Analyze how figurative language
enhances the meaning of a text.
REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS LESSON
What is Parallel Structure?
REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS LESSON
What is Parallel Structure?
Correct Answer:
The students enjoyed the lecture, completed the
activity, and asked questions.
REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS LESSON
Correct Answer:
She likes singing, dancing, and reading books.
EXPLAINING
FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE USED
IMAGINE THIS SENTENCE
ADDS
EMPHASIS
PURPOSE IN
LITERATURE:
EVOKES
EMOTION
PURPOSE IN
LITERATURE:
ENHANCES
STYLE
PURPOSE IN LITERATURE:
CONVEYS
COMPLEX
IDEAS
WHY DO YOU
THINK WRITERS
USE FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE?
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
SIMILE
Simile – This is used to compare two separate things
or concepts using ―as or ―like.
EXAMPLE:
1. Medical frontliners are protective of their patients as
the queen bee to its larvae.
EXAMPLE:
EXAMPLE:
She is as busy as a
bee.
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
METAPHOR
Metaphor is used to compare two separate things or
concepts relating one to another without the use of like
or as.
EXAMPLE:
Nadine was a rock star during the recitation
a while ago.
EXAMPLE:
EXAMPLE:
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
HYPERBOLE
Hyperbole is a statement exaggerated
fancifully to emphasize a certain quality
or feature.
EXAMPLE:
You worry too much. Don’t carry the
whole world on your shoulders.
HYPERBOLE
Hyperbole is a statement exaggerated
fancifully to emphasize a certain quality
or feature.
EXAMPLE:
I’ve told you a million times to
clean your room!
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
HYPERBOLE
Hyperbole is a statement exaggerated
fancifully to emphasize a certain quality
or feature.
EXAMPLE:
I'm drowning in
paperwork.
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
PERSONIFICATION
Personification is used to give human characteristics,
qualities, or traits to inanimate objects. In other words,
an object or an idea does something that only people
do.
EXAMPLE:
• The sky wept tears of joy.
PERSONIFICATION
Personification is used to give human characteristics,
qualities, or traits to inanimate objects. In other words,
an object or an idea does something that only people
do.
EXAMPLE:
EXAMPLE:
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
ONOMATOPOEIA
Onomatopoeia is a word that copies its sound.
In other words, it is the sound that we hear
written in any literary work.
EXAMPLE:
• bang, boo, buzz, ding-dong, knock, moo, murmur,
shhh, tick-tock, whisper, zoom
EXAMPLE:
• bang, boo, buzz, ding-dong, knock, moo, murmur,
shhh, tick-tock, whisper, zoom
a)The bees buzzed around the garden.
ONOMATOPOEIA
Onomatopoeia is a word that copies its sound.
In other words, it is the sound that we hear
written in any literary work.
EXAMPLE:
• The bacon sizzled in the
pan.
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
IDIOM
Idiom is a phrase/clause which is symbolical and has
become accepted in common usage. They make the
language more interesting because they present
thought-provoking ideas to readers.
EXAMPLE:
The teacher said, ―Some of you post degrading
comments to one of your classmates. I will not
mention names, but if the shoe fits, wear it.
When Ramil asked Ria for help, she told him to
go fly a kite.
IDIOM
Idiom is a phrase/clause which is symbolical and has
become accepted in common usage. They make the
language more interesting because they present
thought-provoking ideas to readers.
EXAMPLE:
EXAMPLE:
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
SYNECDOCHE
1. Synecdoche is a figure of speech by which a part is
put for the whole.
EXAMPLE:
EXAMPLE:
EXAMPLE:
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
METONYMY
Metonymy is the use of one word for another that it
suggests, as the effect for the cause, the cause for the
effect, the sign for the thing signified or the container for
the thing contained.
EXAMPLE:
EXAMPLE:
EXAMPLE:
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
ANALOGY
Analogy is the relation of likeness between two
things, or of one thing to another, consisting in
the resemblance, not of the things themselves,
but of two or more attributes or effect.
EXAMPLE:
EXAMPLE:
Just as a sword is the weapon of a
warrior, a pen is the weapon of a
writer.
ANALOGY
Analogy is the relation of likeness between two
things, or of one thing to another, consisting in
the resemblance, not of the things themselves,
but of two or more attributes or effect.
EXAMPLE:
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
IRONY
Irony is a subtle form of humor which
involves saying things that you do not
mean.
EXAMPLE:
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
ALLITERATION
1. Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial letter,
sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. It is
used by writers to capture the attention of their
audience to emphasize something or to make an
impression. Tongue twisters are some of the examples
of this technique.
EXAMPLE:
• Simile Synecdoche
• Metaphor Metonymy
• Hyperbole Analogy
• Personification Irony
• Onomatopoeia Alliteration
• Idiom Allusion
ALLUSION
Allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a
person, place, thing, event, or other literary
work with which the reader is presumably
familiar.
EXAMPLE:
• Is there an Einstein in your class?
• I didn’t have any bus fare, but fortunately
some good Samaritan helped me out!
To test if you really understood our lesson, Try to
analyze this poem with these following questions as a
guide.
1.What adjectives were used to describe tornadoes?
2.Why are tornadoes nature’s bulldozers?
3.What human attribute is given to tornadoes?
4.What is the author’s tone? (Loss and destruction
5.Identify the figurative languages used in the poem?
Tornadoes
Rate of information
Percentage (%) 80 85
retention
Consistent rehearsal • Seek feedback
• Strengthen your familiarity • Reflect on performance
Refine delivery style • Explore new techniques
• Pacing, tone, and emphasis • Set personal goals
Timing and transitions • Iterate and adapt
• Aim for seamless, professional
delivery
Practice audience
• Enlist colleagues to listen & provide
feedback
Post-presentation
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Collaboration
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opportunities
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