Figurative Language
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Faye Perkins
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Figurative Language
by Faye Perkins
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Multiple Choice
"the negative or positive feelings associated with a word" is ...
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connotation
denotation
figurative language
technical term
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Standard
L.10.5a
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., euphemism, oxymoron) incontext and analyze their role in the text.
Prereq: Euphemisms are words or phrases that are inoffensive or kinder.
passed away/died....porcelain throne/toilet...number 1 or number 2
An oxymoron uses contradictory words placed together for emphasis.
small crowd....pretty ugly....awfully good...living dead
Idioms are expressions tha do not mean what they literally say.
It ain't over til the fat lasy sings
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Learning Targets
Students should be able to:
Recognize a figure of speech and explain its effect on the piece of writing.
Evaluate the use of figures of speech in writing and evaluated whether the figure of speech achieves the author's purpose.
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Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Euphemism
Oxymoron
idiom
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
juxaposition
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Multiple Choice
What is a language that uses words in ways that shift from their literal interpretation to achieve a more complex or powerful effect
Figurative Language
Literal Language
Imagery
Metaphor
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Multiple Choice
What makes a comparison between two unrelated things stating that one thing is like another thing.
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Irony
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Multiple Choice
What is an intentional exaggeration of the truth, used to emphasize the importance of something or to create a comic effect
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Figurative Language
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Multiple Choice
What takes non-human things and describes them as having human attributes
Metaphor
Personification
Pun
Hyperbole
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Multiple Choice
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing
Figurative Language
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
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Multiple Choice
an expression that means something totally different than the the literal interpretation of its words would suggest
literal language
idiom
assonance
onomatopoeia
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Multiple Choice
means exactly what it says
literal language
figurative language
irony
metaphor
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Multiple Choice
placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
juxtaposition
imagery
figurative language
simile
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Multiple Choice
What is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated
Pun
Irony
Metaphor
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
by Faye Perkins
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