Figurative Language

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Figurative Language

• What is figurative language?

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Figurative Language

• Figurative Language does not mean what it says.
• It paints a picture in the readers mind.
• The author uses figurative language to emphasize
  something.
• It is often funny or shows a lot of feeling.

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Literal vs. Figurative

• Literal language means what it says.
• Amelia Bedelia is very literal. She always does
  exactly what the words say.

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Figurative Language

• Ms. Garcia gave me a thousand pages of homework.
  (It really means Ms. Garcia gave me a lot of
  homework.)
• Chill out! (It really means relax.)

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Figurative Language Examples

• That test was a piece of cake. (It really means
  that the test was easy.)
• I am dying of thirst. (It really means that you
  are really thirsty.)

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Figurative Language