to kill a mockingbird figurative language ppt
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Figurative Language
Ms. Riley & Ms. Whatley
Figurative Language
• Figurative language creates images for the reader or listener. The writer uses descriptions that are comparisons, repetitions, exaggerations, and imitations to make the writing more interesting and engaging.
Figurative Language
• Figurative language is a creative way to describe a person place, object, or event. This creates a more descriptive picture in the mind of the reader.
• Language examples include: alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, foreshadow, personification, hyperbole, simile, and metaphor.
• The use of creative language makes writing more exciting, fun, and interesting.
Figurative language- write down your predictions/ examples
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Imagery
• Foreshadow
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Metaphor
Types of Figurative Language
Alliteration- The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words.
Alliteration
• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
• Peter Piperpicked a peck ofpickled peppers.
Types of Figurative Language
Onomatopoeia- The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the soundmade by an object or an action.
Onomatopoeia
•Bang! Boom!
•POW! Zip! Oof!
•Crack! Kaboom!
Types of Figurative Language
• Simile- a figure of speech comparing two unlike things. If it often linked by the words “like” or “as”.
Simile
• Figurative- His feet are as big as skateboards
• Literal meaning-He has big feet.
Types of Figurative Language
•Metaphor- States that one this is something else. It is a comparison that is usually linked by the word “is”.
Metaphor
• Figurative- Her hair is silky.
• Literal meaning-Her hair is very soft.
Imagery
Hyperbole
• Figurative- The backpack weighs a ton.
• Literal- The backpack feels very heavy.
Types of Figurative Language
• Personification- Giving an object human-like qualities.
Examples : The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
The wind howled its mighty objection.
Personification
• Figurative- The volcano spit out lave from its mouth.
• Literal-Lava erupted from the volcano.