Warm Up: Figurative Language

How does figurative language help the writer achieve his or her purpose?

• By making the text more engaging and vivid

• By confusing the reader

• By providing factual information

• By simplifying complex ideas

What is the denotation, or literal meaning of this example of figurative language?

• The literal meaning is the same as the figurative meaning.

• The literal meaning is different from the figurative meaning.

• The literal meaning is the opposite of the figurative meaning.

• The literal meaning is unrelated to the figurative meaning.

What is its connotation, or implied ideas and emotions?

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

• Ambiguous

How does the use of figurative language help to create the mood?

• By providing literal descriptions

• By creating vivid imagery and emotions

• By using complex vocabulary

• By focusing on factual information

What is a metaphor?

• A) A direct comparison using like or as

• B) An implied comparison between two unlike things

• C) An exaggeration used for emphasis

• D) A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea.

What is a simile?

• A direct comparison using like or as

• An implied comparison between two unlike things

• An exaggeration used for emphasis

• A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea.

What is hyperbole?

• A) A direct comparison using like or as

• B) An implied comparison between two unlike things

• C) An exaggeration used for emphasis

• D) A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea.

What is allusion?

• A) A direct comparison using like or as

• B) An implied comparison between two unlike things

• C) An exaggeration used for emphasis

• D) A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea.

Directions: read the excerpt from, "The Weight of Growing Up,"

"My to-do list, once a blank canvas of potential, has become a tangled forest where priorities fight to find the light."

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Directions: read the excerpt from, "The Weight of Growing Up,"

"Burdens piled up like bricks in an endless wall—chores multiplied by the second, homework towered above me like a skyscraper, and decisions crashed down like relentless waves on a fragile shore."

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile