STAAR Prep There are many different types of figurative language Today you will focus on three Hyperbole which is extreme exaggeration Similes a comparison of two or more unalike things using the words like or as ID: 428992
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Figurative language in literature
STAAR PrepSlide2
There are many different types of figurative language…
Today you will focus on three:
Hyperbole
-which is extreme exaggeration
Similes
-a comparison of two or more unalike things using the words like or as
Metaphors
-a comparison of two or more unalike things not using like or asSlide3
Let’s start with hyperbole
Anytime
s
omething is overly or extremely exaggerated in literature it is known as
hyperbole
Can you identify the
hyperbole
in this sentence?
“
Loreen
! Clean your room! I’ve already asked you to do that a million times!”Slide4
Now you try…
On your paper identify the 6 examples of hyperbole in found in the poem:
In a house the size of a postage stamp
lived a man as big as a barge.
His mouth could drink the entire river
You could say it was rather large
For dinner he would eat a trillion beans
And a silo full of grain,
Washed it down with a tanker of milk
As if he were a drain.Slide5
On to similes
…
A
simile
is a comparison of two or more things using the words
like or as
Can you identify the
simile
in the sentence? What is it saying about Uncle Bill?
My Uncle Bill is as tall as a skyscraper.Slide6
Now you try…
On your paper identify the 3 examples of
similes
in the poem
They are like flashlights in the night sky;
God’s little helpers guiding us on our journeys.
Stars are as bright as a lighthouse on an icy, ocean night;
they are like guardians committed to bringing you home. Slide7
Last one…metaphors
Metaphors
are similar to similes in that they make a comparison between two or more unalike things, but metaphors will
NOT
use the words like or as.
We can take our simile from earlier and make it into a
metaphor
-
My Uncle Bill is a skyscraper.← no more like or as, but it still carries the same meaningSlide8
You try…
Turn the following similes into a
metaphors
My dad’s truck was as loud as a freight train.
The tornado that hit our town was as frightening as a nightmare.Slide9
Now try this like you will see it on STAAR…
Read the following text:
Toby was totally lost. He must have
wandered off from his family during their morning
hike because around noon he realized that he was
alone in the middle of the wide whispering woods.
Thonk
!
Thunk
! went his feet on the soft pine needles
that covered the ground like a soft brown blanket.
Birds twittered and tweeted from the sky-scraping
branches of trees, but there was no sound of his
family. He wasn’t frightened exactly, but he was as
anxious as a fish out of water to find his family
before evening. The thought of spending a night in
the woods alone was one that made his heart dance
a fearful frenzied jig in his chest. Heaving a sigh,
Toby tiredly trudged on.
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1. The simile in line 10 of this story is used to emphasize-
A. The setting of the story
B. The boy’s emotions
C. The overall conflict of the story
D. The fact that the boy enjoys fishingSlide11
2. When the author uses the hyperbole “made his heart dance” in this story what did he mean?
A. The boy was very nervous
B. The boy was overcome with relief
C. The little boy was giving up hope
D. The little boy was having a panic attackSlide12
3. How did the authors descriptions of the setting enhance the reader’s understanding of the story?
A. It helps the reader understand the boy’s situation is extremely dangerous
B. It helps the reader understand that the boy can not survive the night in his setting
C. It helps the reader understand that the boy’s resources are limited
D. It helps the reader understand that it is going to become very cold if the boy is stuck there at nightSlide13
Almost done! One more for today…
Watch the following video. The lyrics have been given to you for help if needed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k_fXwEbgacSlide14
4. When the poet uses the words “maybe if I could fall asleep..” what does this reveal to the reader?
A. It helps the reader understand that the speaker is very sleepy
B. It helps the reader understand that the speaker is so distraught that they are having trouble sleeping
C. It helps the reader understand that the speaker is not tired at all
D. It helps the reader understand that the speaker suffers from a sleep disorderSlide15
5. Which literary device used by the author BEST helps the reader to understand the speaker’s feelings at a deeper level?
A. The description of the nighttime setting
B. The metaphor “I’ll be your satellite”
C. The hyperbole “a million miles away”
D. The simile “Waiting to touch back down like a satellite.”