2024
FIGURATIVE AND LITERAL
LANGUAGE
Grade 8 Term 1
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
OXYMORON- USE OF TWO WORDS IN
OPPOSITION
THE WOMAN IS PRETTY UGLY
CREATIVE USE OF LANGUAGE
IT DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN WHAT IT SAYS
PERSONIFICATION-GIVE AN OBJECT
A QUALITY OF A HUMAN
THE FLOWERS DANCED IN THE WIND
IDIOM- SAYING THAT HAS AN
IMPLIED MEANING
HE LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG
ALLITERATION- REP OF THE
CONTINENT (FIRST)
THE SAD SNAKE WAS SLIPPERY
HYPERBOLE- EXAGGERATION
MY BAG WEIGHS A TON
SIMILE- COMPARE USING LIKE OR AS
HE JUMPED LIKE A KANGAROO
SYMBOLISM- EXPRESS AN ABSTRACT
IDEA
I PUT OUT A RED ALARM
ONOMATOPOEIA- WORDS THAT MAKE
SOUNDS
POP, BUZZ, FIZZ
PUN-USE OF A WORD THAT ADDS
HUMOUR
A HORSE IS A STABLE ANIMAL
METAPHOR- COMPARE DON’T USE LIKE OR AS
THIS BED COSTS AN ARM AND A LEG
ASSONANCE - REP OF SOUND (VOWEL)
MIDDLE
THE RAIN IN SPAIN FELL IN VAIN
LITERAL LANGUAGE
IT MEANS WHAT IT SAYS.
STRAIGHT FORWARD
DICTIONARY MEANING
NOT FIGURATIVE
ACTUAL MEANING
TRUE- NOT CREATIVE
PLAIN
EASY TO UNDERSTAND