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Figurative Lang Overview

The document explains the difference between literal and figurative language, emphasizing that figurative language conveys deeper meanings and emotions. It outlines various types of figurative language, including simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and idioms, providing examples for each. Understanding these concepts is essential for comprehending texts fully.

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Figurative Lang Overview

The document explains the difference between literal and figurative language, emphasizing that figurative language conveys deeper meanings and emotions. It outlines various types of figurative language, including simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and idioms, providing examples for each. Understanding these concepts is essential for comprehending texts fully.

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Go Figure!

Figurative Language
Recognizing Figurative
Language
The opposite of literal language is figurative
language. Figurative language is language
that means more than what it says on the
surface.
 It usually gives us a feeling about its subject.

 Authors and poets use figurative language


almost as frequently as literal language.
When you read, you must be conscious of the
difference. Otherwise, a text may make no
sense at all.
Recognizing Literal
Language
“I’ve eaten so much I feel as if I could
literally burst!”
 In this case, the person is not using the word
literally in its true meaning. Literal means "exact"
or "not exaggerated." By pretending that the
statement is not exaggerated, the person
stresses how much he has eaten.
Literal language is language that means
exactly what is said.
Most of the time, we use
literal language.
What is figurative language?
 Whenever you describe something
by comparing it with something else,

you are using figurative language.


Types of Figurative Language
 Simile
 Metaphor
 Alliteration
 Personification
 Onomatopoeia
 Hyperbole
 Idioms
Alliteration
 Repeated consonant sounds occurring at
the beginning of words or within words.
Example: She was wide-eyed and
wondering while she waited for Walter
to waken.
Hyperbole
 An exaggerated statement used to
heighten effect. It is not used to
mislead the reader, but to emphasize
a point.
Example: She’s said so on several
million occasions.
Metaphor
 A figure of speech which involves an
implied comparison between two relatively
unlike things using a form of be. The
comparison is not announced by like or
as.
Example: The road was a ribbon wrapped
through the dessert.
Onomatopoeia
 The use of words that mimic
sounds.
Example: The firecracker made a
loud ka-boom!
Personification
 A figure of speech which gives the
qualities 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.
Simile
 A figure of speech which involves a
direct comparison between two
unlike things, usually with the words
like or as.
Example: The muscles on his brawny
arms are strong as iron bands.
Idioms
 An idiom or idiomatic expression refers to
a construction or expression in one
language that cannot be matched or
directly 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.

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