Figurative Language and Author's Purpose

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and to create pictures

• To structure their writing into paragraphs

• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.

• To be grammatically correct.

reason for creating a particular work.

• author's purpose

• setting

• similie

• foreshadowing

• personification

Why does an author use figurative language?

• To create emotions and vivid images for the reader and "rizz" up their writing

• To develop the central idea through great supporting details

• To help create suspense in the rising action to move the reader into the climax

• To develop both indirect and direct characterization of the protagonist and antagonist

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.

• To be grammatically correct.

• To structure their writing into paragraphs.

• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.

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LAFS.7.RI.2.4

why an author wrote the text (to persuade, inform, or entertain)

• word choice

• author's purpose

• perspective

What is the authors purpose if he is trying to convince you.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Figurative Language

Figurative Language

• An imaginative comparison or a way to express ideas or experiences vividly. Not meant to be taken literally.

• Main reason for writing.

• Feelings and attitudes of a person involved in a text given away by actions, body language, and other clues.

• The feeling a word or phrase tends to produce (negative or positive).

What is the primary purpose of using metaphors in literature?

• To create vivid imagery and enhance understanding

• To provide factual information

• To confuse the reader

• To list events in chronological order

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• The car is red.

• The book is on the table.

• The sun is a star.

Why might an author choose to use hyperbole in their writing?

• To emphasize a point through exaggeration

• To provide a detailed description

• To introduce a new character

• To explain a scientific concept