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PURPOSE: Be able to differentiate, identify, and understand different types of
figurative language. Figurative language is used in books, movies, T.V. shows and
especially in song lyrics. How will you fully understand those lyrics that you keep
singing without knowing figurative language?
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Middle school students
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: Ability to read and understand multiple meanings of
words.
TIME COMMITMENT: 20 minutes
ORGANIZATION: Each time you see this slide, it is the start of a new objective or
part, followed by an explanation, examples, and practice items.

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You will learn how to:
Differentiate
the meanings of figurative
and literal
language.
Identify the
purposes of
figurative language
Identify phrases
as literal or
figurative
Define simile, metaphor,
personification,
hyperbole, and
oxymoron
Identify phrases as
simile, metaphor,
personification,
hyperbole, and
oxymoron
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Part One: Differentiating the
meanings of literal and figurative

FIGURATIVE: Words are
used in non-traditional
ways.
LITERAL: Words are used
with their traditional
definitions.
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Meaning: You make me
happy.
FigurativeLiteral
You are my
sunshine.
It is sunny
today.
Meaning: The sun is
shining
Not a real
sunshine.
Represents a
person
Real sunshine
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Meaning: She runs like the
wind is blowing her; which
is fast!
FigurativeLiteral
She runs like
the wind.
She is a fast
runner.
Meaning: She runs fast.
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Let’s Practice: True or False??
Figurative can be defined as using the
traditional definitions of words.
True False
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PART TWO: Identify phrases as literal or
figurative

HOW TO TELL IF A PHRASE IS LITERAL
OR FIGURATIVE
YES NO
Ask yourself:

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PRACTICE!!!
Santa’s Nose is a
bright red cherry
Literal Figurative
He shivered from the
cold.
Literal Figurative
He is shivering like a
jackhammer.
Literal Figurative
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Great Job!!!!
Part 2: Why do we use figurative
language?
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PURPOSES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
To Show Similarities
SIMILAR: It is as quiet as a funeral
in here.
Everyone knows how quiet a funeral
can be, so it helps us envision
exactly how quiet it really is.
To Put a Picture in the Reader’s
Mind.
Example: The virus spread like
wildfire.
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Santa’s nose is a bright red cherry.
Show similarities
between a cherry and his
nose.
Put an image in your
mind.
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Practice time!! What does the figurative phrase mean?
My dog is a teddy bear who loves to cuddle.
a) to show that this person likes teddy bears;
b) to show the dog is a teddy bear;
c) to show how cuddly the dog is
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Awesome!
Part 3: What are the different types (devices)
of figurative language?
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For example: Her eyes are as blue as the sky.
He is shivering like a jackhammer.
Compares two seemingly unlike things using the words
“like” or “as”.
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Compares two unlike things WITHOUT using like or
as.
Santa’s nose is a bright
red cherry.
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Giving human qualities to a non-living object
The leaves danced in the wind.
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An exaggeration
Example:
Her smile was blinding.
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Opposite words are used together
Example: Jumbo shrimp
small
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Practice Time!!
Silently answer the following questions. Choose from the box on the right. When you are
ready with your answer, click the question and it will tell you if you are right!
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
1. This device uses opposite words together
2. This device gives human qualities to objects
3. This device compares using “like” or “as”
4. This device compares without using “like” or “as”
5. This device is an exaggeration
If you missed any, please click HERE to go back and review.
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Wow. You are awesome!
Part 4: Can you identify the different
figurative language devices?
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You “shine bright like a diamond.”
– lyrics from Rihanna’s “Diamond”
Comparison word
Superman is as fast as a locomotive
Comparison words
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Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
-Katy Perry “Firework”
Comparing you
to a firework
Comparing your unique
qualities to the bright colors
of a firework
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“Boy, you got my heartbeat running away.”
-Nicki Minaj “Super Bass”
Her heart is beating fast!!
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No one can really shed
enough tears to create a
river!!
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Practice Time!!
The engine roared to life.
a) Simile
b) Personification
c) Metaphor
Her hair looks like a bird’s
nest.
a) Simile
b) Personification
c) Metaphor
I’m so tired, I could sleep
forever.
a) Oxymoron
b) Metaphor
c) Hyperbole
You are my sunshine.
a) Simile
b) Hyperbole
c) Metaphor
The silence was seemed so loud.
a) Hyperbole
b) Oxymoron
c) Metaphor
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lesson. When you are ready to
take the test, please click below.
TAKE TEST!!
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