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Title: Simple Figurative Language
Description: These notes are geared towards a 9th grade English Honors class. They are relatively simple but provide a basic understanding.
Description: These notes are geared towards a 9th grade English Honors class. They are relatively simple but provide a basic understanding.
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Figurative Language
Literally: words function exactly as defined
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I’ve got your back | You’re a doll
Simile
Comparison of two thing using “like” or “as”
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The twisted like a ribbon | She is as sweet as candy
Metaphor
Two things are compared without using “like” or “as
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All the world's a stage | Men are dogs | Her heart is stone
Personification
Giving home traits to objects or ideas
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I will love you forever | My house is a million miles away | She’d kill me
Understatement
Expression with less strength than expected
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I’ll be there in one second | This won’t hurt a bit
Onomatopoeia
A word that makes a sound
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Doesn’t “mean” what it says
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It’s impossible to put down
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The early bird catches the worm | An apple a day keeps the doctor
away
Oxymoron
When 2 words are put together that contradict each other
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Jumbo Shrimp | Pretty Ugly | Freezer burn
Title: Simple Figurative Language
Description: These notes are geared towards a 9th grade English Honors class. They are relatively simple but provide a basic understanding.
Description: These notes are geared towards a 9th grade English Honors class. They are relatively simple but provide a basic understanding.