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Inferring Literary Meaning From Literal Language Based On Usage

This document discusses various types of figurative language used to infer meaning beyond the literal definition of words. It defines figurative language techniques such as simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration, oxymoron, allusion, and idiom. Examples are provided for each technique to illustrate how figurative language allows readers to infer deeper meaning than what is literally said.

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Inferring Literary Meaning From Literal Language Based On Usage

This document discusses various types of figurative language used to infer meaning beyond the literal definition of words. It defines figurative language techniques such as simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration, oxymoron, allusion, and idiom. Examples are provided for each technique to illustrate how figurative language allows readers to infer deeper meaning than what is literally said.

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Inferring Literary Meaning from Literal Language based on Usage

Figurative and
Literal Language

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M. Villeza. MAEd


Literal Language Figurative Language

You don’t say exactly


You say exactly what you mean.
what you mean. The reader has to infer the
meaning.
Example: Example:
She is a fast runner. She run like a bullet.

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M.


Villeza. MAEd
Denotation Connotation

The dictionary The thoughts,


definition of a feelings, and
word
Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M. Vill
emotions a person
associates with a
eza. MAEd

word
Personification

Giving human characteristics to


nonhuman things
Example:
The sun smiled down on us.

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M.


Villeza. MAEd
Simile

Compare two unlike things using


“like” or “as”
Examples:
Her eyes were as bright as stars.
The toddler was like a demolition derby.

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M.


Villeza. MAEd
Metaphor

Compare two unlike things without


using “like” or “as”
Examples:
Her eyes were sparkling emeralds.
He’s a lion when he fights.

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M.


Villeza. MAEd
Hyperbole
An exaggeration so dramatic that no
one can believe it; overstatement to
emphasize a point

Examples:
This bag weighs a ton.
I told you a million times.

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M.


Villeza. MAEd
Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates a natural sound

Examples:
Buzz Boom
Hiss Zoom
Pop Pow

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M.


Villeza. MAEd
Alliteration
The repetition of the same letter or sound,
especially consonant sounds,
at the beginning of words.
Examples:
Miss Warren worried while waiting with
Wendy.
Ferrets phone on Fridays for falafel.

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M.


Villeza. MAEd
Oxymoron
Words or phrases in which contradictory or
opposite terms are used together

Examples:
Jumbo shrimp
Climb down
Act natural

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M.


Villeza. MAEd
Allusion
A reference to a person, place, or event from
history, literature, sports, movies or the arts

Examples:
He is Einstein of the class.

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M.


Villeza. MAEd
Idiom
A group of words whose collective
meaning can not be taken literally

Examples:
Sharon stayed home because she is
under the weather today.
I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M.


Villeza. MAEd
A WARM
THANK YOU
TO ALL OF YOU!

Subject Teacher: Mrs. Angelica Dyan M.


Villeza. MAEd

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