stretch your imagination using figurative language
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STRETCH
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• YOUR IMAGINATION USING• • FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Figurative vs Literal Language
•To understand figurative language, one must understand the difference between figurative and literal
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LITERAL TEXT
• To be literal is to mean exactly what you say or write. Stated
• directly.
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EXAMPLE #1While in college Mr. H.’s room was a pigsty.
Literally, Mr. H.’s room was a pigsty.
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Literal Example #2
•The flames from the fire eagerly licked the house’s dry wood.
•Literally, the fire is eagerly licking the house’s wood.
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Figurative Meaning
• Is far more interesting. It is more imaginative and conveys not just the facts but also an idea.
• Figurative is descriptive and must use your imagination.
• Imply or infer what author means.
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EXAMPLE #1While in college Mr. H’s room was a pigsty.
Figuratively, Mr. H.’s room in college was dirtyand messy.
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Figurative Example #2
•The flames from the fire eagerly licked the house’s dry wood.
Figuratively, the fire spread fast and burned down the house quickly.
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3rd Example
• The basketball danced on the rim before falling through the net.
• Figuratively, the basketball
• bounced on the rim a few
• times before falling through the rim / net.
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WHY USE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
• CREATES VIVID PICTURES IN READER’S MIND.
• MAKES WRITING EMOTIONALLY INTENSE.• STATE IDEAS IN NEW AND UNUSUAL WAYS
TO STIMULATE READER’S IMAGINATION.• “BRINGS WORDS ALIVE.”
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S I M I L E
What is a simile
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A simile is . . .
A figure of speech in which two unlike items are compared using the words “like” or “as” in the comparison.
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Unbelievable Examples!
• According to the lovely Mrs. Hilliard, Mr. H. snores like a chainsaw when he is tired.
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WHAT IS BEING COMPARED?
• COMPARED:
• LITERAL MEANING:
• FIGURATIVE MEANING:
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What Does It Mean??
• LITERALLY : Mr. H. snores like a chainsaw.
• FIGURATIVELY : Mr. H. snores very
LOUDLY!!
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Another Example:
•My aunt’s face looks like an old
•catcher’s
•mitt.
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Literally: My aunt’s face is a catcher’s mitt.
Figurative Meaning:
My aunt is UGLY!!
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Try Another One. . .
• When Dr. Wong saw the police car’s lights, she started sweating like a snowman in the Sahara Desert.
• What is being compared?
Literal Meaning:
Figurative Meaning:
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Why a Simile?
• Compared – Dr. Wong to a snowman
Like
Literally – When Dr. Wong saw the police car’s lights, she started sweating like a snowman in the desert.
Figuratively, Dr. Wong was very nervous when she was being pulled over by the policeman and started sweating profusely.
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One More Time . . .
• My neighbor is as nutty as a fruitcake.
• Why a simile?
• What does this mean literally?
• What does this mean figuratively?
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What is a METAPHOR?
• A metaphor is a comparison between 2 unlike items / things that you usually do not associate with each other AND DOES NOT USE THE WORDS “LIKE” OR “AS” in the comparison.
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Marvelous Metaphors Ahead• After shoveling 30
tons of gravel, my pillows were airy marshmallows when I crawled into bed.
What is being compared?
Literal meaning?
Figurative meaning?
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Comparison: Pillows to marshmallows (no like or as in comparison)
Literal: My pillows were airy marshmallows when I crawled into bed.
Figuratively: My pillows were big, puffy, soft and comfortable
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More Metaphors
Mr. H. was such a mule that Morgan could not get him to change his mind.
Comparison
Literal meaning?
Figurative meaning?
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One More Metaphor:
• The rat’s eyes were darting searchlights scanning the kitchen for any enemies.
• Compared?• Literal?• Figurative?
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R E M E M B E R
• Similes and metaphors compare 2 unlike items / things that you normally don’t associate with each other.
• Similes use the word like or as to compare while metaphors do not!!!
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Literal Meaning:
Exactly what the author is saying.
Figurative Meaning:
Is the implied or inferred meaning.
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Figurative Language – Try to paint a vivid picture in the reader’s mind.
Don’t want it to be common and ordinary. Be creative!!
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Good similes & metaphors are not common or ordinary. Write similes in circle map. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!!! PAINT AN IMAGE IN THE READER’S MIND!!
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Compare Detective Moeller searching for a murder weapon
to a raccoon.
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Detective Peeper searched for the murder weapon like an enormous raccoon in a dumpster looking for a half-eaten cream filled donut.