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This document summarizes and provides examples of figurative language techniques used in chapters 2-4 of the novel Stargirl. It defines idiom, simile, metaphor, personification and oxymoron and provides examples from the text to illustrate each technique. The examples effectively compare cacti to ping pong paddles and dinosaur mittens using similes and Stargirl to a cactus flower and elf owl shadow using metaphors. It also personifies the sun laying down and provides a sample personification sentence for the moon.

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Language Devices

This document summarizes and provides examples of figurative language techniques used in chapters 2-4 of the novel Stargirl. It defines idiom, simile, metaphor, personification and oxymoron and provides examples from the text to illustrate each technique. The examples effectively compare cacti to ping pong paddles and dinosaur mittens using similes and Stargirl to a cactus flower and elf owl shadow using metaphors. It also personifies the sun laying down and provides a sample personification sentence for the moon.

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STARGIRL

Chapters Two, Three and Four Figurative


Language
Figurative Language- Writers use figurative language to
make their writing more interesting and effective. By using a
simile, metaphor, idiom, or personification, the writer is able to
paint a picture in the mind of the reader. Chapters three and
four of the novel contain several examples of figurative
language.
Idiom- an expression that means something totally
different than what it says
Page 20 The rat she brought to school was only the tip of

the iceberg.

What does the underlined idiom mean?


___________________________________________________________
Simile compares two things using the words like or as
Pages 13-14 We both thought the prickly pear cactus

looked like Ping-Pong paddles with whiskers, and that


saguaros looked like dinosaur mittens.
What things are being compared with these similes?
____________ and
______________; ____________ and ______________
Why are these similes effective?

________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

Metaphor - compares two things by calling one thing


another
Page 15 She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the

flitting shadow of an elf owl.

Underline the metaphors.


What is being compared with these metaphors?
___________________________________________________________
Personification - nonhumans are given human traits or
attributes
Page 18- The sun lay down behind the mountains.
What is being personified in this sentence?
_____________________________________________
Write a sentence including your own personification for the moon or a star.
____________________________________________________________________

Oxymoron - putting two contradictory words together


Examples: hot ice, bitter sweet, sweet sorrow, wise fool.
Read the following passage:
What could I say? That Parr was a worthy subject precisely because he
did nothing, because he was so monumentally good at doing nothing? I
had only vague insight, not the words. I just shrugged.
Underline the words in the passage that form an oxymoron.
Write a sentence about one of the characters from the novel
using an oxymoron.

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