Figurative Language w/ SUPERHEROES

Figurative language

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Writers use figurative language all the time to relate to their audience and draw them into the material. They create images and force the reader to infer their meaning. It's like a superpower!

Figuratively speaking

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William H. Gass

"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words."

• Metaphor: "Life is your restaurant, and I'm your maitre d'!" ~ Genie in Alladin
• Hyperbole: "He's so fluffy, I'm gonna die!" ~ Agnes in Despicable Me
• Alliteration: "Chim chimney, chim chimny, chim chim cher-ee." ~ Bert from Mary Poppins
• Simile: Happy as a camel on humpday. ~ Geico commercial
• Personification: The cup, teapot, and candle ~ Beauty and the Beast
• Onomatopoeia: "Ka-chow!" ~ Ligtning McQueen in Cars

Figurative language is used EVERYWHERE!

EXAMPLES OF USAGE

repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession

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a word or group of words that is self-contradicting

a joke based on the interplay of homophones; words with the same pronunciation but different menaning

reference to a preexisting person, work, event, or well-known piece of pop culture

Oxymoron

puns

Alliteration

Allusion

Additional types of Figurative language

figurative

• a statement or phrase not intended to be understood in its basic sense
• metaphorical
• not the exact use of a word or phrase

• taking words in their usual or most basic sense
• representing the exact words of the original text.
• word-for-word translation

literal

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Idioms:

a short expression, peculiar to a culture, that conveys a figuative meaning ~ Idioms are often unique to a region, culture, or group of people. Most people refer to them simply as a "figure of speech."

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Writing is more interesting and easier to understand when we connect with the language used. Figurative language makes your writing -

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Speaking figuratively can actual make your point more - on point.

Word choice can attract readers by giving your writing "voice."

Text can be more conversational and easier to read.

Details are more vivid and relatable to the reader.

Stronger

fluid

appealing

poignant

intelligent

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