PPT-Literal vs. Figurative Language

How do I differentiate between literal and figurative language 1 Key Learning Writers use figurative language to enhance the readers understanding It is used in various types of writing . Figurative Language. What is it?. Types of Figurative Language. Metaphor . Simile. Personification. Hyperbole . Metaphor. Definition. : a type of figurative language in which the terms of one thing are used to describe some other, non-related, item. Is used to draw a comparison between two things, which are generally not grouped together.. The Woman in Black. . What clues? prediction and inference. INFORMATION. . = . . what is obvious . INFERENCE. = what . is suggested/implied . Connotations of images and objects. Image / object (denotation). Pragmatics. Patrick Griffiths, 2006.. MEANING. SEMANTICS & PRAGMATICS. SEMANTICS & PRAGMATICS. Study . sentence. meaning and word meaning, not tied to context.. Study . utterance. meaning. Utterances are expressions identified only by their contexts.. A1 & B2. General: Bell Ringer 10/23 & 26. What do you know about Figurative language? . I . can identify and explain figurative language and literary devices in F451.. B1 and B4 Agenda 10/26. Name The Figurative Language!. 1. . The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.. Name The Figurative Language!. 2. . I heard her skirt swish as she walked leisurely up the winding staircase.. Cam M.. Gabbi C.. Literal & Figurative Language. words, and groups of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words.. words that do not deviate from their defined meaning.. Week 1:. Figurative Language. Go Figure!. Figurative Language. 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. . 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.. Get out your documentary notes and your article that was passed out to you last class!. Get out a sheet of paper to add to your notes section when we finish with the documentary!. Connotative and figurative meanings. A Type of Rhetoric. Figurative Language. What is figurative language? . a way of saying something other than the literal meaning of the words. Figurative Language. Types of figurative language. Connotation . Terry . Locke. © 2015 Taylor & Francis. Some theory: Sense-making as aesthetic. When we make sense of some aspect of our experience we give it some kind of form or shape;. The creative or imaginative process might be thought of as the movement from form. Literally. :. . words function . exactly. as defined. The car is blue.. He caught the football.. Figuratively. : . . figure out what it means. I’ve got your back.. You’re a doll.. ^. 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. . Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sound.. “Peck of pickled peppers” . Adjective: alliterative . Anaphora: repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. . By building toward a climax, anaphora can create a strong emotional effect. .