Figurative Language Continued

Personification, Hyperbole, and Symbolism

Review: Why is it important to use figurative language in our writing?

It allows the reader to visualize what the writer is saying.

It adds interest and color to a written piece

In 9th grade and previous years, you’ve learned to define and identify various types of figurative language.

Now it’s time for you to consciously incorporate figurative language into your own writing to make it much more powerful.

Personification

Giving human characteristics to things, animals, or ideas.

Examples: The pencil jumped out of my hand.

Blind justice.

More Examples

The ancient car groaned into third gear.

The cloud scattered rain throughout the city.

The tropical storm slept for two days.

Take 2 minutes to Think of your own examples

Hint: choose a noun and add a verb next to it.

Hyperbole

*an exaggeration

*used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.

Example: She’s said so on several million occasions.

More Examples

I could sleep for a year.

This box weighs a ton.

I've told you a million times not to exaggerate.

Hyperbole Example

Yo momma’s so fat, she had to go to Sea World to get baptized.

Boooooooom!

Yo Momma

Your turn…Create your own hyperbole

Hint: Think of one that you can use in your Soldier’s Journal.

Symbolism

The practice of representing things with symbols; giving meanings to objects, events, or relationships.

Examples: Apple – TeacherHearts – Love

Let’s read the poems on the handout to identify the symbolism

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Let’s work on our project!

Go back to what you’ve written in your WWI Journal.

Add Personification to two journals.

Add Hyperbole to two journals.