Transcript Figurative Language! - Osborne 10th Grade World Literature

FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE!
(this was better, but I lost my old PowerPoint )
DEVICES OF FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
METAPHOR
 A comparison between two unlike things where one represents the
other – something is something else.
 I have a mountain of laundry at home. (The laundry is a
mountain.)
SIMILE
 A comparison between two unlike things where one thing is
similar to another – something is like something else. (Will always
use like or as)
 The toddler hit the living room like a tornado, leaving toys
scattered everywhere.
 The dog was as big as a house, so we put him on a diet.
PERSONIFICATION
 When something inhuman (inanimate, animal, or even an idea) is
given human-like qualities.
 It was so cold that the trees were shivering and the birds put on
extra socks.
HYPERBOLE
 Exaggeration. When something is made out to be a lot greater
than it is.
 I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
 It took me four hundred years to drive to school this morning
because traffic was so bad.
SYNECDOCHE
 When a part represents a whole.
 He asked for her hand in marriage.
 Dallas will not be going to the Super Bowl this year.
METONYMY
 When something is represented by something closely associated
with it.
 He loved her enough to put a ring on her finger.
 We called the press to report the latest news from Washington.
DEVICES OF
REFERENCE
ALLUSION
 Making a reference to something else. The reader should get the
reference without it being explained.
 I have a real Romeo in my first block class. The girls can’t get
enough of him!
 If you were a cool teacher, your course would include a lesson on
the Dougie.
APOSTROPHE
 Talking to something that can’t hear you. This can either be
something abstract, an inanimate object, or someone who isn’t there.
 O Muse! Come help me make this PowerPoint!
 Sunlight, please shine upon my soccer game today!
DEVICES OF SOUND
ALLITERATION
 When words share the same beginning consonant sound.
 Dog, duck, dingo, drab, down, doofus, drat.
 She sells seashells by the seashore.
ASSONANCE
 Words with the same internal vowel sound.
 Puppy and Duck
 Gooey and Tuna
 Fresh and Wedding
ONOMATOPOEIA
 When a word is defined by its sound.
 BAM!
 POW!
 Knock
 Bang
 Crack
SLANT RHYME
 Words with the same ending consonant sound. It almost rhymes,
but not quite.
 Sing and bang
 Been and Serene
 Haggle and Google