Then identify the type of figurative language it is, such as simile or hyperbole, or whatever you have used. If you have, turn over your paper and write out the part of the description that is figurative. Say, РІР‚СљRead your description carefully and check to see if you have included any figurative language. Consider that as you are choosing images and words to include in your description.РІР‚Сњ Allow students five minutes to write their sentences. Say, РІР‚СљThink about how you want your reader to feel about the storm. Remind them to use imagery to create the scene. Р”Р‡ocus Question: How does the use of imagery, both literal and figurative, affect the meaning of a text?Р”Р„sk students to write two sentences describing a storm. Symbolism: A device in literature in which an object represents an idea.Simile: A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as (e.g., She eats like a bird.).Personification: An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form (e.g., Flowers danced about the lawn.).The mood of a work is not always what might be expected based on its subject matter. Mood: The prevailing emotions of a work or of the author in his or her creation of the work.Metaphor: A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.Imagery: A word or group of words in a literary work that appeal to one or more of the senses.

Idiomatic Language: An expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally (e.g., LetРІР‚в„ўs get on the ball.).

Hyperbole: An exaggeration or overstatement (e.g., I was so embarrassed I could have died.).

Figurative Language: Language that cannot be taken literally because it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

Connotative Meaning: The ideas or emotions associated with a word.

Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.

Practice identifying types of imagery