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.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

reason for creating a particular work.

• author's purpose

• setting

• similie

• foreshadowing

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

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

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Figurative Language

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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).

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A