Figurative language - recap

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Figurative Language

What was it again???

T2

Which literary devices can you remember?

Literary devices

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Allusions
• Alliteration

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

I'm drowing in a sea of grief.

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

My love for you is as deep as the ocean.

And there's more...

• Homographs
• Homophones
• Denotation
• Connotation

What connotation do you have to the word 'crown'?

What is meant by a 'homograph'?

What is meant by a 'homophone'?

Wait! There's even more?!

• symbolism
• onomatopoeia
• sarcasm
• hyperbole
• imagery

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Sarcasm

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Weather forcast for tonight: dark.

Kim's kid kept kicking like crazy!

Give an example of an onomatopoeia.

Which literary device is saying the exact opposite of what you mean?

1. satire
2. hyperbole
3. irony
4. alliteration

Death

Love

Religion

Which literary devices do you know now?

Poem 1

Lion Dance

Literary devices 'Lion Dance'.

What stands out?

Front page

On your front page write your name and......

write down random words that:

• describe you as a person,
• interest you,
• you care about.

If you want, you may add some drawings :)