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Go Figure!
Guess the songs

“I came in like
a Wrecking
Ball.”
“Baby you’re
a firework.”
“Boy you got my
heartbeat runnin’
away.”-Super
Bass
“I have died
everyday waiting
for you.”- A
Thousand Years
“I’ve got the
eye of the
tiger.”- Roar
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Task 2 : Individual Activity
Grass looks green. The grass looks like spiky

green hair.
Jamie runs as fast as the

wind.
Sand feels rough. Sand is solid water.
The flowers smells sweet. The flower has the
sweetest smelling petals
in the world.
Grasshoppers make a Grasshoppers are fiddlers
high-pitched noise. who play their legs.
Task 2 : Individual Activity
LITERAL FIGURATIVE
Grass looks green. The grass looks like spiky
green hair.
Jamie runs as fast as the

wind.
Sand feels rough. Sand is solid water.
The flowers smells sweet. The flower has the
sweetest smelling petals
in the world.
Grasshoppers make a Grasshoppers are fiddlers
high-pitched noise. who play their legs.
How did you
come up with
your answer?
Figurative and Literal Language
Literally: words function exactly as
defined.
The car is blue.
He caught the football.
Figuratively: figure out what it means
I’ve got your back.
You’re a doll.
Figurative means…
Language that goes
beyond the normal
meaning of the
words used
LITERAL FIGURATIVE
Grass looks green. The grass looks like
spiky green hair.
SIMILE
Jamie runs as fast as
the wind.
Sand feels rough. Metaphor

Sand is solid water.
The flowers smells The flower has the
sweet.
Hyperbole
sweetest smelling
petals in the world.
Grasshoppers make a Grasshoppers are
high-pitched noise. Personification
fiddlers who play their
legs.
Types of Figurative Language
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
Forrest Gump’s famous simile is:
“Life is like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you’re gonna
get.”
Simile
Examples
The metal twisted like a

ribbon.
She is as sweet as candy.

Simile
Example: The muscles
on his brawny arms are
strong as iron bands.
Simile
A FIGURE OF SPEECH
in which a comparison is
made between unlike or
dissimilar objects using
the words like or as.
Metaphor
Metaphor
Example:
She has a stone heart.
For example…
You’re a firework.
Metaphor
A FIGURE OF SPEECH in
which a comparison is drawn
between two dissimilar or
unlike things without the use
of like or as.
Examples
I will love you forever.
My house is a million miles from

here.
Hyberbole
For example:
I told you a million times to be quiet.
The teacher gave us tons of work.
He ate a thousand pounds of pizza.
Hyperbole
An exaggerated
statement used to
heighten effect.
Personification
The wind screamed my name.
The window flew open.
The book jumped out of my locker.
Personification
Example: “The wind yells
while blowing."
The wind cannot yell. Only a
living thing can yell.
Personification
The sunlight danced.
Water on the lake shivers.
The streets are calling me.

Applying human traits to animals
and things or ideas.
Another
Figure!
Task 3: Individual
Activity
Another
Figure!
Idioms
Are words that has a
figurative meaning or
hidden meaning.
Can you still give
me examples of
idioms?
Task 4: Pair Activity
Directions: Write DM on the blank if the sentence
before the number is expressing a direct
meaning and HM if there is a hidden or another
meaning.
___1.I‘m so hungry, I could eat a horse.
___ 2. He was late to dinner.
___ 3. The field is calm and quiet.
___ 4.The sky is full of dancing stars.
___ 5.I stayed up late last night, I‘m so tired!
 How did you arrive with the answer?
 Do you a clue in identifying
sentences with direct meaning? If
so, what is it?
 Do you a clue in identifying
sentences with hidden meaning? If
so, what is it?
Task 5: En-ACT!
Daughter: Mom? I’m home. I’m so tired. I’m so
hungry I could eat a horse.
Mother: Here have some pie, cooking this is just a

piece of cake.
Daughter: Aww. Mom thankyou this tastes like

heaven.
Mother: Of course, I love you forever.
Based from the activity,
what do you think is the
importance of literal
and figurative
language?
In speaking, we can express
ourselves and our ideas
straightforwardly by using words
literally.
We can also say it in imaginative
way to create an image or
suggest an idea.
Task 6: Tell whether the sentences in each number
used literal or figurative language. Write L on the space
before the number if literal and F if figurative.
_______1.Cathy‘s favorite snack is bread and butter.

_______2. I worked as a bartender for a year, and it was
the tips that were my bread and butter.
_______3.This assignment is a piece of cake.
_______4.I saw him yesterday because we rode in the
same boat.
_______5.She's always complaining that she doesn't have
enough money, but we're all in the same boat.
_______6. Her eyes are as blue as the sky.
_______7. The sky is blue for the weather is fine.
_______8. The young lady is beautiful like a fairy.
_______9. The baby slept in lap of its mother.
_______10. I looked for Mary and Samantha at the bus
station.
Task 6: Tell whether the sentences in each number used
literal or figurative language. Write L on the space before the
number if literal and F if figurative.
_______1.Cathy‘s favorite snack is bread and butter.
_______2. I worked as a bartender for a year, and it was the tips
that were my bread and butter.
_______3.This assignment is a piece of cake.
_______4.I saw him yesterday because we rode in the same boat.
_______5.She's always complaining that she doesn't have enough
money, but we're all in the same boat.
_______6. Her eyes are as blue as the sky.
_______7. The sky is blue for the weather is fine.
_______8. The young lady is beautiful like a fairy.
_______9. The baby slept in lap of its mother.
_______10. I looked for Mary and Samantha at the bus station.
Answer Key:
1.literal 2. Figurative 3. Figurative 4. Literal 5. Figurative 6.
Figurative 7. Literal 8. Figurative 9. Literal 10. Literal

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Go Figure!

Guess the songs

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Grass looks green. The grass looks like spiky

Jamie runs as fast as the

Jamie runs as fast as the

Sand feels rough. Metaphor

The metal twisted like a

She is as sweet as candy.

My house is a million miles from

Water on the lake shivers.

The streets are calling me.

Mother: Here have some pie, cooking this is just a

Daughter: Aww. Mom thankyou this tastes like

_______1.Cathy‘s favorite snack is bread and butter.

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