Title: Figurative language for students and teachers — Literacy Ideas
Headings: Complete guide to figurative language for students and teachers.
Complete guide to figurative language for students and teachers.
What is figurative language? A DEFINITION
Why do we use figurative language?
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figurative language types
Figures of Speech: Tropes and Schemes
i. Tropes
Hyperbole:
Idiom:
Metaphor:
Oxymoron:
Personification:
Simile:
Synecdoche:
ii. Schemes
Alliteration:
Assonance:
Consonance:
Onomatopoeia:
Parallelism:
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Content: These creative applications of language help readers to visualize the writer’s intended meaning, as well as establish atmosphere, rhythm, and other stylistic effects. Use of these literary devices create an effective and beautiful way to communicate through the written and spoken word. Using figurative language helps speak to a reader’s emotions, as well as to articulate more abstract and complex concepts in a relatable way. How a writer uses figurative language in their work constitutes a large element of their style. COMPLETE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE UNIT FOR STUDENTS
❤️The use of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE is like "SPECIAL EFFECTS FOR AUTHORS." It is a powerful tool to create VIVID IMAGERY through words. This HUGE 110 PAGE UNIT guides you through a complete understanding of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE as both a READER and WRITER covering. ❤️ ALLITERATION ❤️ IDIOMS ❤️ METAPHORS ❤️ ONOMATOPOIEA ❤️ PERSONIFICATION ❤️ SIMILES
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figurative language types
Figurative language is a broad category that encompasses all types of figures of speech, including sound devices and imagery. There are lots of different types of figures of speech, but broadly speaking these can helpfully be divided into two groups: tropes and schemes.