Imagery and Figurative Language

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Imagery and Figurative Languagea review
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Figurative Language

• Aka figures of speech
• Some 250 types have been identified
• Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms
  of another and are not meant to be understood on
  a literal level
• Most common are SIMILE, METAPHOR, and
  PERSONIFICATION

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Simile

• Figure of speech that makes a comparison between
  two unlike things, using a word such as like, as,
  resembles, or than
• My love is like a red, red rose.

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Metaphor

• Figure of speech that makes a comparison between
  two unlike things, in which one thing becomes
  another thing without the use of the word like,
  as, than, or resembles
• My love is a red, red rose.

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Personification

• Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or
  quality is talked about as if it were human
• The wind stood up and gave a shout.

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Hyperbole

• Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to
  express strong emotion or to create a comic
  effect overstatement
• The limousine was as long as an ocean liner!

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Idiom

• Expression peculiar to a particular language that
  means something different from the general
  meaning of each word
• Its raining cats and dogs!

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Literal Language

• words that do not deviate from their defined
  meaning
• A literal usage is the "normal" meanings of the
  words

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Your Assignment

• You are going to use your notes to create a
  figurative and literal language
  compartmentalized poster
• Using a large piece of white construction paper,
  you will need to fold the paper to reveal 8 boxes
  (or compartments)

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• Each compartment will contain the following
  layout

Term Definition of term Illustration of
example (below) Example of the term (used
correctly)
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• You do not need to illustrate or to give examples
  for the first term (figurative language) or the
  last term (literal language)
• HAVE FUN!
• Poster is due tomorrow!!