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Literary devices - figurative language

Literary devices: 
Figurative language
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This lesson contains 24 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 6 videos.

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Literary devices: 
Figurative language

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After this lesson...
... you can recognise examples of metaphors, similes, hyperboles, understatements and personifications!

... you know why figurative language is used


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Figurative language: Why?
- to evoke vivid imagery
- to bring emotional intensity
- compare an idea to something tangible so readers can better visualize what the author means
etc.

“ Love is a feeling,” becomes “Love is a cup of coffee on a rainy Sunday morning.”

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Kies uit:

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Metaphor vs. Simile
A comparison between two things without 'like' or 'as'
A comparison between two things with the words 'like' or 'as'

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Hyperbole vs. Understatement
Describing something in a way that makes it seem less important, bad, serious etc. than it really is
Exaggeration for emphasis or effect

I will love you forever

My parents are from the Stone Age

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Personification
Human traits are given to objects or ideasHuman traits are given to objects or ideas


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Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Understatement
She is a walking dictionary
The car is feeling cranky today
The middle of the street isn’t the best place for your child to play.
She hung her head like a dying flower
I would die without you!

Slide 8 - Drag question

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Slide 9 - Video

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Slide 10 - Video

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Slide 11 - Video

00:28
"I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space"
is a
A
metaphor
B
simile
C
personification

Slide 12 - Quiz

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Slide 13 - Video

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Slide 14 - Video

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Slide 15 - Video

02:19
Which phrase of the lyrics contains a personification?

I'm never gonna dance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend, I know you're not a fool
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again the way I danced with you

Slide 16 - Open question

00:19
Havana, ooh-na-na (ayy) Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh na-na (ayy, ayy)
He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na, ah
Oh, but my heart is in Havana (ayy)
There's somethin' 'bout his manners (uh-huh)
Havana, ooh-na-na (uh)

Identify the hyperbole:

Slide 17 - Open question

00:28
"I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space"

is a
A
Personification
B
Simile
C
Metaphor

Slide 18 - Quiz

00:14
You're as cold as ice

is a
A
Personification
B
Hyperbole
C
Metaphor
D
Simile

Slide 19 - Quiz

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate.” (Shakespeare)
A
understatement
B
hyperbole
C
metaphor
D
personificatie

Slide 20 - Quiz

Just like moons and like suns, / With the certainty of tides, / Just like hopes springing high, /
Still I'll rise.” (Maya Angelou)
A
metaphor
B
simile
C
personification
D
hyperbole

Slide 21 - Quiz

“Who has seen the wind? / Neither you nor I: / But when the trees bow down their heads, /
The wind is passing by.” (Christina Rosetti)
A
simile
B
personification
C
metaphor
D
hyperbole

Slide 22 - Quiz

Figurative Language Worksheet --> Handouts


Id

Slide 23 - Slide

Provide an example of an understatement

Slide 24 - Open question

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