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You're Chicken! What is figurative language? How do we use it? H o u w o d y o f i y o o d u u o t ? y e f k e s d a b a n e i t e s d n l i o n i t n f a i y s h y g o g o W e u u r
What is figurative language? How do we use it?
A phrase that means something different to the actual meaning of words used...
p u t a l l y
r e g g s i n
e b a s k e t ?
W h a t d i d y
d
f y
a n t s i n y
r p a n t s ?
H
d
f e e l i f y
’ v e g
p i e c e
c a k e ?
I s t h i s l e s s
a
W h a t d i d y
d
f y
l e t t h e c a t
t
t h e b a g ?
Idioms can be tricky for people learning a new language!
A simile compares two things that are not really similar.
s l e e p l i k e a l
?
D
A r e y
a s
Sometimes they use LIKE... Sometimes they use AS...
D
e a t l i k e a h
s e ?
s i c k a s a d
?
A r e y
f e e l i n g a s
t
g h a s
d b
s ?
A metaphor says something IS a very different thing...
s u n s h i n e
Y
a r e m y
D R A G O N!
M y t e a c h e r i s a
M y h e a r t i s
b r
e n !
T h i s c l a s s r
I S a
Z O O !
To get our point across clearly.
To make speech and writing more interesting To think about things in a new
way
Remember: A simile uses AS or LIKE, a metaphor says something IS something else.