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All rights reserved Weekly Reader is a registered trademark of Weekly Reader Corporation Used by permission 2010 Urban Education Exchange All rights reserved Couch Potato Central The United States has a big proble m People are gaining weightand the. About Headsprout. Headsprout . is an adaptive learning software company . that . creates reading products that are effective, easy to use, engaging and fun. . Headsprout was founded in 1999 and is . b. Step 1. : . Identifying and Sorting: . Use the Figurative. Language “Cheat Sheet” to remember what each form of figurative language means.. Sort the song lyrics into the figurative language categories to which they belong. Some lyrics. Comprehension Toolkit. Figurative language 1. Comprehension Toolkit. Figurative language 1. Comprehension. means . understanding. . . The answers to some questions are easy to find, while the answers to others are more difficult to work out. Use your imagination!. Two types of Language. Literal Language. means exactly what it says.. is explicit, obvious, out in the open and plainly stated.. communicates an ideas clearly and plainly. Figurative Language. metaphor. Comprehension Toolkit. Figurative language 2. Comprehension Toolkit. Figurative language 2. Comprehension. means . understanding. . . The answers to some questions are easy to find, while the answers to others are more difficult to work out. Poetry Review. Random Disclaimer:. Although these elements are . often. found in poems, that’s not the . only. type of literature where they exist. They could be in fictional stories, non-fiction, etc. . Making Tier I Text accessible:. Dr. . kathleen. j. brown. University of . utah. Reading clinic. www.uurc.org. Reading comprehension. Reading comprehension is the model of . meaning. that a reader constructs for a text by using information from the . Lay That Trumpet In Our Hands. Last week, we read “Still I Rise” by Mya Angelou and looked at her use of figurative language. . Answer the following questions to review the meaning in her poem and her use of fig. language.. Why use figurative language?. Figurative language is much deeper than what is on the surface, it is up to the reader to analyze and consider. . Builds drama. More interesting and vivid. . Exaggeration to make a point. . language . is the use of words . that go . beyond their . ordinary meanings..   . Figurative language requires . you to use your imagination to figure out the author's meaning.  . The water’s reflection was like the sun on glass.. Why use figurative language?. Figurative language is much deeper than what is on the surface, it is up to the reader to analyze and consider. . Builds drama. More interesting and vivid. . Exaggeration to make a point. . A writers tool. It helps the reader to visualize (see) what the writer is thinking. It puts a picture in the readers mind. Recognizing Figurative Language . The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language that means more than what it says on the surface. . Figurative language. is a tool that an author uses to help the reader see what is happening in a story or poem.. We use figurative language all the time when we speak to our friends, tell stories or even engage in conversation with strangers. . I will be able to use styles of figurative language in my descriptive writing. Objective. Figurative language:. Is expressing . ideas. indirectly;. Is language used in a special way to create a . special effect .