Figurative+Language


 * Figurative Language**

Theodore Taylor creates a story that is full of richly written text. Literal language means exactly what it says. Figurative language, on the other hand, changes the literal meaning, to make a meaning more clear, to express complexity, to capture a physical or sensory effect, or to extend meaning. Figurative language is also called figures of speech.

I have included definitions as well as some video examples of figures of speech. As you find examples from the novel, add them under the correct figure of speech. Make sure to practice correctly "lifting" quotes and passages from the novel. If you need help remembering this process, refer to the examples or reference the following guide that was discussed in class.



Alliteration: The repetition of the initial sounds in neighboring words or stressed syllables. media type="custom" key="983337"

Examples from novel:
 * ..."and his pink-purple lips peeled back over them..." Chapter 3 pg.31

Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a comparison is implied by analogy but is not stated

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Examples from novel:
 * "His face couldn't have been blacker, or his teeth whiter. They made an alabaster trench in his mouth..." Chapter 3 pg. 31
 * "I glanced over at the red ball of sun, now clear of the horizon." Chapter 4 pg. 44

Simile: A comparison of two things that are unlike, usually using the words **like** or **as**. media type="custom" key="962769"

Examples from novel:
 * "Like silent, hungry sharks that swim in the darkness of the sea, the German submarines arrived in the middle of the night." Chapter 1 pg. 9
 * "His voice was rich calypso, soft and musical, the words rubbing off like velvet." Chapter 3 pg. 32

Personification: A metaphorical figure of speech in which animals, ideas, things, etc. are represented as having human qualities. media type="custom" key="962775"

Examples from novel:
 * "The S.S. Hato took her first bite of the open sea and began to pitch gently." Chapter 2 pg. 27
 * "That lonely sea, and the sharp pains in my head..." Chapter 3 pg. 32

Definitions from: __The Literacy Dictionary: The Vocabulary of Reading and Writing__