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21st Century Literature Unit 2 Lesson 2 Figurative Language

The document discusses figurative language, defining terms like metaphor, simile, hyperbole, oxymoron, and metonymy. It asks students to match definitions to examples of these terms and discuss how figurative language can affect meaning. Students are then assigned to identify examples of various figures of speech in a short story and explain why each example fits the given term.

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21st Century Literature Unit 2 Lesson 2 Figurative Language

The document discusses figurative language, defining terms like metaphor, simile, hyperbole, oxymoron, and metonymy. It asks students to match definitions to examples of these terms and discuss how figurative language can affect meaning. Students are then assigned to identify examples of various figures of speech in a short story and explain why each example fits the given term.

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LESSON 2

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Identify the figures of speech
1 and other literary techniques
in a text (EN7V-II-c/d/e-10.1.2;
EN7V-II-f/g-10.1.3).

Explain the use of language in


2 literature as well as the formal
features and conventions of
literature (EN8LT-IVf-2.2.4).
● identify the figurative language in a text;
and

● use figurative language in your own writing.


How can figurative language affect
the meaning of a text?
Match each highlighted words to its definition:

hyperbole oxymoron connotation Metonymy

metaphor suggestive comparing by comparing by


meaning saying that one saying that one
thing is like thing is another
another thing
simile contradicting exaggeration associated
combination substitution
Discuss the following questions as a class:

1.What helped you match the terms to their


definitions?
2.Which words were you already familiar
with?
3.How can we use these when we write?
Unlocking of Difficulty
corbeille
(noun) - an elegant basket of flowers used for courtship

Young men and women of high social stature would


bayou
customarily not marry until the husband-to-be could present (noun) - marshy outlets near rivers/lakes in southern USA
his intended bride with a corbeille.
Watching her adventures through the bayous of New Orleans
negroes was a novel experience for people outside the USA.

(noun) - a dated word for black people, now offensive

Many old stories written during the time when slavery was
layette
still prevalent referred to black people as negroes—a term (noun) - sets of clothing and linens for infants
which is now a racial slur.
clammy
For my baby shower, my grandmother sent me a beautiful
layette she had preserved since my mother was still an infant.
(adjective) - unpleasantly damp and cold

He was so nervous while waiting for his turn to deliver a


speech that he kept wiping his clammy hands on his
pants.
Figurative Language
● Analogy - a comparison that presents the similarities
between two concepts or ideas.

● Cliché - a word, a phrase, a sentence, or a whole text that


used to be perceived as clever but has become démodé.

● Connotation - the secondary or suggestive meaning of the


word, one that is not its literal or primary meaning in the
dictionary
● Euphemism - used to substitute for a description that is
considered harsh or blunt
● Hyperbole - a gross exaggeration to achieve an effect, usually
for humor or emphasis
● Metaphor - compares two seemingly unlike objects that have
similar or common characteristics without the use of like or
as
● Metonymy - a word or phrase that is substituted for another
that is closely associated to it
● Oxymoron - a combination of two ideas that appear to be
opposite or contradictory
● Paradox - an assertion that seems to be
contradictory or silly but actually reveals some truth
● Personification - a statement wherein an animal,
object, or abstract idea is given human attributes or
characteristics
● Simile - compares two seemingly unlike objects by
using the words like or as
● Synecdoche - used when a part of something is used
to represent the whole or vice versa
DÉSIRÉE’S BA
BY
BY KATE
CHOPIN
Assignment: (To be submitted on long bond paper, on November 6, 2023
for ABM A &B and STEM C; November 8, 2023 for STEM A & B and HUMSS C)

1. Look for one (1) sentence, line, or phrase that represents


the following figures of speech: ANALOGY, CLICHÉ,
EUPHEMISM, HYPERBOLE, METAPHOR, OXYMORON,
PERSONIFICATION, and SIMILE.

2. Explain each as to why do you think it is the figure of


speech that the line or phrase represents.

Note: 3 points each


Values Integration

How will understanding figurative language


help you become a better writer of poetry
and/or prose?

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