Figurative and Connotative Meanings

Decide which phrase has a negative connotative and which has a positive connotation.

She smirked at me VS. She smiled at me

• Negative, Positive

• Positive, Negative

What is figurative language?

• The literal, dictionary definition of a word or phrase

• When a word has an emotion associated with it

• Using words or phrases that do not have their every day, literal meaning

What is personification?

• Comparing two things, using like or as

• Extreme exaggeration

• Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing

• A word associated with the sound it makes

What is hyperbole?

• Using extreme exaggeration to get your point across

• Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

• A literal meaning of a word

• Similar sounds at the beginning of words

What is a metaphor?

• Using extreme exaggeration

• Comparing two things, using like or as

• Comparing two things, NOT using like or as

• A positive meaning for a word

What is an idiom?

• The dictionary definition of a word

• The literal meaning of a word

• Rhyming words

• A common phrase that represents a non-literal meaning

While I was walking on the street, the car zoomed passed me. What type of figurative language does this sentence represent?

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

The teacher gave us 100 hours of homework last night. What type of figurative language does this sentence represent?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

His heart is as cold as the winter snow. What type of figurative language does this sentence represent?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

The night time sky ate the last bit of sunlight that was in the sky. What type of figurative language does the sentence represent?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification