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WELCOME TO MS. COSTANTINO'S CLASS!!

We will begin working on two parts of figurative language. These are, simile's and metaphors. Once we understand these two fully, we will then move on to two more! Use these pages as your reference to do your work and have fun!

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: Figurative Language is the use of words that go beyond their ordinary meaning. It requires you to use your imagination to figure out the author's meaning. For example, if someone tells you that it is raining cats and dogs, you know that there are not actually cats and dogs falling from the sky. You know it //really// means that it is raining very hard.

**Examples:** "Its fleece was white as snow" is an example of a figurative language from a children's rhyme. In this case, comparing the lamb's fleece to snow helps create a picture of how white Mary's lamb really was. include component="comments" page="home" limit="10" If anyone has any comments please feel free to leave them for me or the rest of the class.