Figurative Language Literary Response

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Figurative LanguageLiterary Response Analysis

• Words that say one thing but mean another are
  called figurative language.
• Writers use figurative language to create
  colorful pictures in the readers minds.
• Example
• The animals were all ears as they listened to
  Coyote.

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Interpret Figurative LanguageWith your team,
rewrite each figurative statement below as a
sentence that says exactly what it means.

• The rain came down in buckets.
• Keep your shirt on.
• Dont spill the beans!
• I smell a rat.
• Try walking a mile in my shoes.