![Figurative Language in Text
“Blank Space” by Taylor Swift
[Verse 1]
Nice to meet you
Where you been?
I could show you incredible things
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
Saw you there and I thought oh my god
Look at that face, you look like my next mistake
Love's a game, wanna play
New money, suit and tie
I can read you like a magazine
Ain't it funny rumors fly
And I know you heard about me
So hey, let's be friends
I'm dying to see how this one ends
Grab your passport and my hand
I could make the bad guys good for a weekend
• In your guided notes, match the lyric with the
correct figure of speech.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/figurativelanguagelectureembed-151018063458-lva1-app6891/85/Figurative-Language-21-320.jpg)
Figurative Language
- 2. What is figurative language? • Everyone stand up and raise your hand • Find someone, high five them, and share your answer • After both people have shared, raise your hand again • Find another partner
- 3. Figurative Language • Using words and expressions to convey something other than its literal meaning • “Deliberate departure from the conventional meaning, order, or construction of words” (Grammar.about.com)
- 4. Alliteration • Words having the same first consonant sound that occur close together in a series • Ex: The little lamb lost his locket.
- 5. Alliteration • Create a sentence that has alliteration. • Write your sentence in your guided notes.
- 6. Metaphor • An implied comparison between two things that are very different, but have some similar characteristics. • Ex: He is a robot.
- 7. Metaphor • John is a tornado. What does this metaphor say about John? • Write your answer in your guided notes.
- 8. Simile • A comparison between two things using “like” or “as” • Ex: Bob is sly like a fox.
- 9. Simile • Formulate three sentences using only similes to describe this shark. • Write your sentences in your guided notes.
- 10. Hyperbole • A figure of speech that uses exaggeration or extremes to create emphasis • Ex: This purse weighs a ton.
- 11. Oxymoron • Opposite or contradictory ideas or terms that appear in conjunction • Ex: seriously funny; deafening silence, sweet sorrow
- 12. Oxymoron • Suddenly the room was filled with a deafening silence. • What does “deafening silence” mean? • Share-pair with your partner.
- 13. Personification • Providing human qualities to animals, objects, or abstract ideas • Ex: The mud grabbed her feet and pulled her down.
- 14. Personification • Write a sentence that personifies the word “sun.” • Write your sentence in your guided notes.
- 15. Dramatic Irony • When the audience or reader has a bigger understanding or more information than the characters • Ex: In a horror movie, the main character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer is inside.
- 16. Situational Irony • When the opposite of what one expects happens • Ex: A fire truck on fire
- 17. Situational Irony • I go to Disneyland but when I get to the theme park, it’s closed. • Is this statement ironic? • State and justify your answer in your guided notes.
- 18. Verbal Irony • When someone says something but means the opposite • Ex: It’s 100 degrees outside and your friend says, “It’s so hot.” You reply, “No, it’s freezing.”
- 19. Verbal Irony • What’s the difference between verbal irony and sarcasm? • Share-pair with your partner.
- 21. Figurative Language in Text “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift [Verse 1] Nice to meet you Where you been? I could show you incredible things Magic, madness, heaven, sin Saw you there and I thought oh my god Look at that face, you look like my next mistake Love's a game, wanna play New money, suit and tie I can read you like a magazine Ain't it funny rumors fly And I know you heard about me So hey, let's be friends I'm dying to see how this one ends Grab your passport and my hand I could make the bad guys good for a weekend • In your guided notes, match the lyric with the correct figure of speech.
- 22. Why do we use figurative language? • Everyone stand up and raise your hand • Find someone, high five them, and share your answer • After both people have shared, raise your hand again • Find another partner