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English Friday Figurative Language
This week, we have been thinking about the
impact our writing has on the reader.
We are focusing on the extra bits of information
that can be shared with the reader.
Why are those small details of extra
information so important?
English Friday Figurative Language
Adding extra bits of information can help the
reader:
- visualise (build an image in their head)
- sympathise (with characters or themes in the
text by pulling on their emotions)
- understand the context
We should aim to make the reader...
think something! want to do something!
feel something!
English Friday Figurative Language
Today, we are going to be focusing on
figurative language.
We have studied figurative language
throughout years 5 and 6.
There are so many different types of
figurative - how many can you think of?
English Friday Figurative Language
Brilliant! Read through the examples of each
one to make sure that you are familiar!
Comparing one
thing to another
using 'like' or
'as'.
When one thing
is described as
another.
When several
words in a
phrase or
sentence start
with the same
sound.
Words which
sound like the
thing they
represent.
Giving non
human things
features/actions
only humans
have.
An extreme/
impossible idea
used to gain
maximum effect.
English Friday Figurative Language
Remind yourself of anything you may have forgotton...
What is figurative
language?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/
articles/zxk7kty
Similes and
metaphors
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/
topics/zfkk7ty/articles/z9tkxfr
Alliteration
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/
topics/zfkk7ty/articles/zq4c7p3
Onomatopoeia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/
topics/z4mmn39/articles/z8t3g82
Personification
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/
topics/zfkk7ty/articles/zw9p8mn
Hyperbole
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=a0ZAnD-zLQU
English Friday Figurative Language
Quick brain buster questions:
She sells sea shells on the sea shore is...
a) onomatopoeia b) alliteration c) a hyperbole
The roots of the trees grabbed mercilessly at
his ankles as he fled through the green.
a) personification b) simile c) metaphor
Have you played the game 'Among Us'? It's the
best thing in the history of the entire universe!
a) simile b) alliteration c) a hyperbole
A loud crash startled him!
a) a hyperbole b) metaphor c) onomatopoeia
The nurse had a smile that lit up the room.
a) metaphor b) personification c) simile
BONUS QUESTION
Read the sentence. Which answer is the odd one out?
The wind spoke gentle whispers to her whilst
she wondered though the woods.
a) alliteration b) personification c) metaphor
Check your answers on the next slide...
English Friday Figurative Language
Quick brain buster questions:
She sells sea shells on the sea shore is...
a) onomatopoeia b) alliteration c) a hyperbole
The roots of the trees grabbed mercilessly at
his ankles as he fled through the green.
a) personification b) simile c) metaphor
Have you played the game 'Among Us'? It's the
best thing in the history of the entire universe!
a) simile b) alliteration c) a hyperbole
A loud crash startled him!
a) a hyperbole b) metaphor c) onomatopoeia
The nurse had a smile that lit up the room.
a) metaphor b) personification c) simile
BONUS QUESTION
Read the sentence. Which answer is the odd one out?
The wind spoke gentle whispers to her whilst
she wondered though the woodlands.
a) alliteration b) personification c) metaphor
The sentence includes
alliteration and personification.
English Friday Figurative Language
But why is figurative language important?
What impact does it have on the reader?
Remember Juno?
Yesterday's lesson showed us how extra information can help
us manipulate the images the reader creates in their head.
Now that you have this image in your head, how does it
make you feel?
Maybe you found the scenario quite comical because you could
already predict what was going to happen.
You may have even been able to relate to the scenario because
you have a pet of your own and experienced something like this
before. Did it make you feel angry?
Maybe you felt sorry for Juno because he shouldn't have been
left alone...
English Friday Figurative Language
Using figurative language in your writing pulls on
the reader's heart strings. We have an element
of control over what we want the reader to feel!
The tears were
His heart was His soft
carving new
racing at a shaking
paths through
million miles suggested for
his fur.
per hour. someone stop
his sobs.
He felt lower The guilt was
than the swallowing him
deepest valley. whole.
English Friday Figurative Language
Friday 15th January 2021 There is no work in
your CGP books today.
Figurative Language
Let's practise...
1. Write your DUMTUMS in your purple book.
2. Copy the sentence into your book. State whether
feature of figurative language you think the sentence is.
For example:
The floorboards moaned as I tiptoed across the room - personification.
1. Don't you feel well? You're as white as a sheet.
2. The model's beautiful teeth were peals in his smile.
3. The spicy food dances around my taste buds.
4. Assembly usually drags on for hours.
5. The single chair sat miserably in the corner of the
room.
6. The movie star's dazzling diamonds were draped
around her neck.
7. I accidentally smacked my head on the open door.
8. Dad was almost as hairy as a gorilla.
9. Our new car is faster than the speed of light.
10. You are my sunshine!You can also read
