Figurative language
Figurative language is different to literal language. With literal language, the words mean exactly what they say. With figurative language, however, the words take on an entirely new meaning:
HOW CAN I?
By Brian Moses
How can I wind up my brother
when I haven’t got the key?
How can I turn on my charm
when I can’t even find the switch?
How can I snap at my mother
when I’m not a crocodile?
How can I stir up my sister
when I’m not even holding a spoon?
How can I pick up my feet
and not fall to the ground on my knees?
How can I stretch my legs
when they’re long enough already?
Parents! – They ask the impossible!
We use figures of speech to paint beautiful picture with words:
WHAT IS THE SUN?
By Wes Magee
the Sun is an orange dinghy
sailing across a calm sea
it is a gold coin
dropped down a drain in heaven
the Sun is a yellow beach ball
kicked high into the summer sky
it is a red thumb-print
on a sheet of pale blue paper
the Sun is a milk bottle’s golden top
floating in a puddle.
Figures of Speech can be classified as:
Comparisons:
Figurative language is different to literal language. With literal language, the words mean exactly what they say. With figurative language, however, the words take on an entirely new meaning:
HOW CAN I?
By Brian Moses
How can I wind up my brother
when I haven’t got the key?
How can I turn on my charm
when I can’t even find the switch?
How can I snap at my mother
when I’m not a crocodile?
How can I stir up my sister
when I’m not even holding a spoon?
How can I pick up my feet
and not fall to the ground on my knees?
How can I stretch my legs
when they’re long enough already?
Parents! – They ask the impossible!
We use figures of speech to paint beautiful picture with words:
WHAT IS THE SUN?
By Wes Magee
the Sun is an orange dinghy
sailing across a calm sea
it is a gold coin
dropped down a drain in heaven
the Sun is a yellow beach ball
kicked high into the summer sky
it is a red thumb-print
on a sheet of pale blue paper
the Sun is a milk bottle’s golden top
floating in a puddle.
Figures of Speech can be classified as:
Comparisons:
- Similes
- Metaphors
- Personification
- Anthropomorphism
- Hyperbole
- Understatement
- Euphemism
- Irony
- Satire (Refer to page on cartoons)
- Puns
- Idioms