7TH GRADE ENGLISH FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE/LITERARY TERMS

Ashley RapanosEDU 29011:00am

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Overview of Figurative Language

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbola

Personification

Idiom

Alliteration

Simile

A comparison often using like or as

EXAMPLES Quick as a lightening bolt As smooth as silk

http://www.swcs.us/courses%20of%20study/PowerStandards/7th%20resource%20book/7th%20-%20figurative%20language.pdf

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/static_lightning.htm

Metaphor

Implied comparison without using like or as

EXAMPLES Life is a rollercoaster She is the apple of my

eye

http://www.swcs.us/courses%20of%20study/PowerStandards/7th%20resource%20book/7th%20-%20figurative%20language.pdf

Hyperbola Exaggerating statement

EXAMPLES I am so hungry I could eat a cow. I’m so hot I could melt.

http://www.swcs.us/courses%20of%20study/PowerStandards/7th%20resource%20book/7th%20-%20figurative%20language.pdf

Personification

Giving something non-human, human qualities

EXAMPLES The leaves danced in the wind. The sun smiled down on me.

http://www.swcs.us/courses%20of%20study/PowerStandards/7th%20resource%20book/7th%20-%20figurative%20language.pdf

Idiom

An everyday saying that doesn’t exactly mean what the words say

EXAMPLES It’s raining cats and dogs. The boys are getting out of hand.

http://www.swcs.us/courses%20of%20study/PowerStandards/7th%20resource%20book/7th%20-%20figurative%20language.pdf

Alliteration

When two words begin with the same letter or sound

EXAMPLES Laughing lions Dressy daffodils

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/alliteration.html

Literary Terms

CLIMAX

The high point or turning point in a book, usually the most intense

CONFLICT

The problem in the story which triggers the action

http://www.biloxischools.net/schools/bjh/faculty/angie.taggart/7th%20Grade%20Glossary%20of%20Literary%20Terms%5B1%5D.pdf

Literary Terms Continued

PLOT The sequence

of events

FORESHADOW To indicate or

suggest something before it happens

http://www.biloxischools.net/schools/bjh/faculty/angie.taggart/7th%20Grade%20Glossary%20of%20Literary%20Terms%5B1%5D.pdf

http://www.yourdictionary.com/foreshadow

Literary Terms Continued

IRONY

What happens is the opposite of what is expected

RESOLUTION

The part of the story that comes after the climax

http://www.biloxischools.net/schools/bjh/faculty/angie.taggart/7th%20Grade%20Glossary%20of%20Literary%20Terms%5B1%5D.pdf

Literary Terms Continued

PROTAGONIST The main character

or hero in the story

ANTAGONIST The bad guy!

http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/2009/01/ask_dr_isis_--_getting_into_gr.php

http://www.biloxischools.net/schools/bjh/faculty/angie.taggart/7th%20Grade%20Glossary%20of%20Literary%20Terms%5B1%5D.pdf

QUIZ TIME

1. Quick as a lighting bolt is an example of which figurative language element?

A. Metaphor

B. Simile

C. Idiom

D. Personification

Answer: B

Quiz Continued

2. The mittens snuggled up in the girls hands, which type of figurative language is used in the previous sentence?

A. IdiomB. Personification C. SimileD. Metaphor

Answer : Bhttp://www.skaneatelessuites.com/2008/11/25/dickman-farms-mittens-for-christmas/

Why are Literary Terms and Figurative Language Important?

They make language interesting

They help students become better writers

http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/09/merit-pay-and-teacher-autonomy/