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| books for figurative language: Figurative Language Barbara Dancygier, Eve Sweetser, 2014-03-06 This lively, comprehensive and practical book offers a new, integrated and linguistically sound understanding of what figurative language is. |
| books for figurative language: The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors Drew Daywalt, 2020-02-11 New York Times Bestseller! 5 Starred Reviews! Will have listeners in stitches. —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Purely absurd, sidesplitting humor. —Booklist (starred review) Demands bombastic, full-volume performances. —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Perfect for a guffawing share with younger sibs or buddy read. —BCCB (starred review) The sort of story that makes children love to read. —School Library Journal (starred review) From acclaimed, bestselling creators Drew Daywalt, author of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, and Adam Rex, author-illustrator of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, comes a laugh-out-loud hilarious picture book about the epic tale of the classic game Rock, Paper, Scissors. I couldn’t stop laughing while reading this aloud to a group of kids, commented the founder of Bookopolis.com, Kari Ness Riedel. |
| books for figurative language: Niko Draws a Feeling Bob Raczka, 2017-04-01 Niko loves to draw his world: the ring-a-ling of the ice cream truck, the warmth of sun on his face. But no one appreciates his art. Until one day, Niko meets Iris . . . This imaginative and tender story explores the creative process, abstract art, friendship, and the universal desire to feel understood. A Junior Library Guild selection, Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book, Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books, Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice, Midwest Connections Pick, NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts, and New York Public Library Best Book for Kids |
| books for figurative language: Figurative Language, Genre and Register Alice Deignan, Jeannette Littlemore, Elena Semino, 2013-03-07 This volume combines diverse research scenarios to present a solid framework for analysis of figurative language. Figurative Language, Genre and Register brings together discourse analysis and corpus linguistics in a cutting-edge study of figurative language in spoken and written discourse. The authors explore a diverse range of communities from chronic pain sufferers to nursery staff to present a detailed framework for the analysis of figurative language. The reader is shown how figurative language is used between members of these communities to construct their own 'world view', and how this can change with a shift in perspective. Figurative language is shown to be pervasive and inescapable, but it is also suggested that it varies significantly across genres. |
| books for figurative language: Dreamers Yuyi Morales, 2018-09-04 We are resilience. We are hope. We are dreamers. Yuyi Morales brought her hopes, her passion, her strength, and her stories with her, when she came to the United States in 1994 with her infant son. She left behind nearly everything she owned, but she didn't come empty-handed. From the author-illustrator of Bright Star, Dreamers is a celebration of making your home with the things you always carry: your resilience, your dreams, your hopes and history. It's the story of finding your way in a new place, of navigating an unfamiliar world and finding the best parts of it. In dark times, it's a promise that you can make better tomorrows. This lovingly-illustrated picture book memoir looks at the myriad gifts migrantes bring with them when they leave their homes. It's a story about family. And it's a story to remind us that we are all dreamers, bringing our own strengths wherever we roam. Beautiful and powerful at any time but given particular urgency as the status of our own Dreamers becomes uncertain, this is a story that is both topical and timeless. The lyrical text is complemented by sumptuously detailed illustrations, rich in symbolism. Also included are a brief autobiographical essay about Yuyi's own experience, a list of books that inspired her (and still do), and a description of the beautiful images, textures, and mementos she used to create this book. A parallel Spanish-language edition, Soñadores, is also available. Winner of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award! A New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book A New York Times Bestseller Recipient of the Flora Stieglitz Strauss Award A 2019 Boston Globe - Horn Book Honor Recipient An Anna Dewdney Read Together Honor Book Named a Best Book of 2018 by Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Shelf Awareness, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, Salon.com-- and many more! A Junior Library Guild selection A Eureka! Nonfiction Honoree A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon title A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year A CLA Notable Children's Book in Language Arts Selected for the CBC Champions of Change Showcase |
| books for figurative language: Interpreting Figurative Meaning Raymond W. Gibbs, Herbert L. Colston, 2012-04-16 Interpreting Figurative Meaning explores interdisciplinary debates on the ways in which humans comprehend figurative language in everyday life. |
| books for figurative language: Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk Brian P. Cleary, 2017-08-01 Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Are you as clever as a fox? Or perhaps you're as sharp as any spike? If so, this book will be a piece of cake! Clever rhymes from Brian P. Cleary and humorous illustrations from Brian Gable present similes and metaphors. When it comes to grammar, this team is not as slow as thick molasses. Oh no, they're as bright as polished pennies! Each simile and metaphor is printed in color for easy identification in this gem of a book. Read it aloud and share in the delight of the sense—and nonsense—of words. |
| books for figurative language: Figurative Language – Intersubjectivity and Usage Augusto Soares da Silva, 2021-05-15 Intersubjectivity and usage play central roles in figurative language and are pivotal notions for a cognitively realistic research on figures of thought, speech, and communication. This volume brings together thirteen studies that explore the relationship between figurativity, intersubjectivity and usage from the Cognitive Linguistics perspective. The studies explore the impact of figurativity on areas of lexicon and grammar, on real discourse, and across different semiotic systems. Some studies focus on the psychological processes of the comprehension of figurativity; other studies address the ways in which figures of thought and language are socially shared and the variation of figures through time and space. Moreover, some contributions are established on advanced corpus-based techniques and experimental methods. There are studies about metaphor, metonymy, irony and puns; about related processes, such as humor, empathy and ambiguation; and about the interaction between figures. Overall, this volume offers the advantages and the opportunities of an interactional and usage-based perspective of figurativity, embracing both the psychological and the intersubjective reality of figurative thought and language and empirically emphasizing the multidimensional character of figurativity, its central function in thought, and its impact on everyday communication. |
| books for figurative language: You're Toast and Other Metaphors We Adore Nancy Loewen, 2011 Here's a BRIGHT IDEA: read this book. It's a PIECE OF CAKE. And trust us; no one will call you A TURKEY. For more metaphors, look inside. |
| books for figurative language: Figurative Language and Thought Albert N. Katz, Cristina Cacciari, Raymond W. Gibbs Jr., Mark Turner, 1998-09-10 Our understanding of the nature and processing of figurative language is central to several important issues in cognitive science, including the relationship of language and thought, how we process language, and how we comprehend abstract meaning. Over the past fifteen years, traditional approaches to these issues have been challenged by experimental psychologists, linguists, and other cognitive scientists interested in the structures of the mind and the processes that operate on them. In Figurative Language and Thought, internationally recognized experts in the field of figurative language, Albert Katz, Mark Turner, Raymond W. Gibbs Jr., and Cristina Cacciari, provide a coherent and focused debate on the subject. The book's authors discuss a variety of fundamental questions, including: What can figures of speech tell us about the structure of the conceptual system? If and how should we distinguish the literal from the nonliteral in our theories of language and thought? Are we primarily figurative thinkers and consequently figurative language users or the other way around? Why do we prefer to speak metaphorically in everyday conversation, when literal options may be available for use? Is metaphor the only vehicle through which we can understand abstract concepts? What role do cultural and social factors play in our comprehension of figurative language? These and related questions are raised and argued in an integrative look at the role of nonliteral language in cognition. This volume, a part of Counterpoints series, will be thought-provoking reading for a wide range of cognitive psychologists, linguists, and philosophers. |
| books for figurative language: Mapping the Origins of Figurative Language in Comparative Literature Richard Trim, 2021-09-29 This book investigates the origins of figurative language in literary discourse within a cognitive framework. It represents an interface between linguistics and literature and develops a 6-tier theoretical model which analyses the different factors contributing to the creation of figurative words and expressions. By examining features ranging from language structure to figurative thought, cultural history, reference, narrative and the personal experience of authors, it develops a global overview of the processes involved. Due to its particularly innovative characteristics in literature, the theme of death is explored in relation to universal concepts such as love and time. These aspects are discussed in the light of well-known authors in comparative literature such as D.H. Lawrence, Simone De Beauvoir, Hermann Hesse and Jorge Luis Borges. The origins can involve complex conceptual mappings in figures of speech such as metaphor and symbolism. They are often at the roots of an author's personal desires or represent the search for answers to human existence. This approach offers a wide variety of new ideas and research possibilities for postgraduate and research students in modern languages, linguistics and literature. It would also be of interest to academic researchers in these disciplines as well as the general public who would like to delve deeper into the relevant fields. |
| books for figurative language: How to Eat a Poem American Poetry & Literacy Project, Academy of American Poets, 2012-03-01 Seventy lighthearted, much-loved poems cover everything from books and imagination to friendship and the beauty of the natural world. Includes such notable poets as Lewis Carroll, Ogden Nash, and Marianne Moore. |
| books for figurative language: Figurative Language Comprehension Herbert L. Colston, Albert N. Katz, 2004-12-13 Figurative language, such as verbal irony, metaphor, hyperbole, idioms, and other forms is an increasingly important subfield within the empirical study of language comprehension and use. Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences is an edited scholarly book that ties together recent research concerning the social and cultural influences on figurative language cognition. These influences include gender, cultural differences, economic status, and inter-group effects, among others. The effects these influences have on people's use, comprehension, and even processing of figurative language, comprise the main theme of this volume. No other book offers such a look at the social and cultural influences on a whole family of figurative forms at several levels of cognition. This volume is of great interest to scholars and professionals in the disciplines of social and cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, and second language acquisition, as well as cognitive and other fields of linguistics where scholars have interests in pragmatics, metaphor, symbol, discourse, and narrative. Some knowledge of the empirical and experimental methods used in language research, as well as some familiarity with theories underlying the use, comprehension, and processing of figurative language would be helpful to readers of this book. |
| books for figurative language: Figurative Language Quick Starts Workbook Heitman, 2019-01-02 The Figurative Language Quick Starts workbook features activities that include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, concept application, and creative responses. Quick starts explain and illustrate each of the types of figurative language included: imagery, simile, metaphor, personification, allusion, symbolism, hyperbole, and more. Each page features two to four quick starts that can be cut apart and used separately. The entire page may also be used as a whole-class or individual assignment. The Quick Starts Series provides students in grades 4 through 8+ with quick review activities in science, math, language arts, and social studies. The activities provide students with a quick start for the day’s lesson and help students build and maintain a powerful domain-specific vocabulary. Each book is correlated to current state, national, and provincial standards. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. |
| books for figurative language: The Elements of Figurative Language Bradford T. Stull, 2001 The Elements of Figurative Languageexplores figurative language and its central place in human life. The focus is on four figures or tropes: metaphor, analogy, synecdoche, and irony. The opening chapter discusses these tropes in general and, in the following chapters, the book provides extensive study of these tropes relative to five key categories in human life: race, class, gender, the environment, and war. Readers are provided with analyses of the ways in which tropes work in particular texts, as well as the opportunity to engage in both analysis and composition of trope-laden discourse. For those interested in improving their critical thinking, reading and writing |
| books for figurative language: "Fire I' the Blood" Richard E. Mezo, 1999 There are great differences between the oral use of figurative language and its written use. Nevertheless, the only separately published textbook for figurative language is almost entirely concerned with oral figurative language, offering such examples as you have a heart of stone or you make my blood boil. Much, if not most, oral language consists of long, repetitious portions of cliche and platitude, and not surprisingly, the figurative language used follows the same pattern. Writing teachers generally ask their students not to use cliches and platitudes, even though they may (mistakenly, I think) advise students to write like you speak. |
| books for figurative language: Metaphor from the Ground Up Daniel C. Strack, 2019-02-20 Metaphor from the Ground Up introduces Conceptual Filtering Theory, a theory of mental processing that describes figurative language communication in terms of conceptual domain projection and contextual disambiguation. In an attempt to match theoretical observations from cognitive semantics and pragmatics with related knowledge about mental processes from cognitive neuroscience, CFT first examines the distributed nature of conceptualization and then uses this background information to explain metonymic “binding” and metaphoric “mapping.” Once the perceptual origins of metonymy and metaphor have been demonstrated, CFT offers a detailed account of how salient aspects of conceptualization differentially combine to achieve predictable inferencing results in linguistic communication. In addition, CFT characterizes the role of contextual effects in pruning salient inferencing options and demonstrates how situational frames can be manipulated to guide semantic outcomes. The book as a whole will assert that figurative language processing cannot be characterized in terms of a generically constituted base system that receives inputs and spits out predictable results according to logical probability in a situational vacuum. Rather, it is a dynamic, context-sensitive process that continually reweights the underlying system so as to rapidly select situation-relevant lines of inferencing from among a variety of salient inferencing options. |
| books for figurative language: L2 Figurative Language Teaching Ioannis Galantomos, 2021-09-17 During L2 vocabulary instruction, figurative language frustrates even highly proficient users who find it difficult to cope with non-literal expressions, such as metaphors, metonymies, and idioms. Given that figurative language is closely associated with enhanced L2 communicative competence, this volume brings together theory and teaching applications, shedding light on the comprehension and production of figurative language in a foreign language context. |
| books for figurative language: Conceptual Conflicts in Metaphors and Figurative Language Michele Prandi, 2017-07-06 This innovative volume provides a comprehensive integrated account of the study of conceptual figures, demonstrating the ways in which figures and in particular, conflictual figures, encapsulate linguistic expression in the fullest sense and in turn, how insights gleaned from their study can contribute to the wider body of linguistic research. With a specific focus on metaphor and metonymy, the book offers a unified and systematic typology of linguistic figures, drawing on a number of different approaches, including both traditional and emerging frameworks within cognitive linguistics as well as syntactic theory, while also providing an exhaustive look at the unique features of a variety of conceptual figures, including metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, and synecdoche. In its aim of reconciling historically opposed theoretical approaches to the study of conflictual figures while also incorporating a thorough account of its distinctive varieties, this volume will be essential reading for researchers and scholars in cognitive linguistics, theoretical linguistics, philosophy of language, and literary studies. |
| books for figurative language: Look Both Ways Jason Reynolds, 2020-10-27 A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school-- |
| books for figurative language: What Did You Say? What Do You Mean? Jude Welton, 2004-03-01 Children with autism or Asperger Syndrome (AS) have difficulty understanding figurative language because they use and comprehend language literally and expect words to mean exactly what they say. This can often lead to misunderstandings at home and in the classroom. Jude Welton looks at a hundred of the most common figures of speech in this visual workbook designed as a springboard for family and classroom discussions. Each figure of speech is accompanied by an illustration showing its literal meaning, which will help AS children recognize and learn to enjoy metaphors and figurative language. The book can be used by parents one-to-one with their ASD child. Teachers can also use the book as the basis for classroom work on figurative language. |
| books for figurative language: The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt, 2013-06-27 The hilarious, colorful #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon that every kid wants! Gift a copy to someone you love today. Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough! They quit! Blue crayon needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water. Black crayon wants to be used for more than just outlining. And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking—each believes he is the true color of the sun. What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best? With giggle-inducing text from Drew Daywalt and bold and bright illustrations from Oliver Jeffers, The Day the Crayons Quit is the perfect gift for new parents, baby showers, back-to-school, or any time of year! Perfect for fans of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka and Lane Smith. Praise for The Day the Crayons Quit: Amazon’s 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2013 Goodreads’ 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year Winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award * “Hilarious . . . Move over, Click, Clack, Moo; we’ve got a new contender for the most successful picture-book strike.” –BCCB, starred review “Jeffers . . . elevates crayon drawing to remarkable heights.” –Booklist “Fresh and funny.” –The Wall Street Journal This book will have children asking to have it read again and again.” –Library Media Connection * “This colorful title should make for an uproarious storytime.” –School Library Journal, starred review * “These memorable personalities will leave readers glancing apprehensively at their own crayon boxes.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review “Utterly original.” –San Francisco Chronicle |
| books for figurative language: Ashes Ilsa J. Bick, 2011-09-01 An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions. When it happens, Alex was hiking in the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom—a young soldier—and Ellie, a girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP. For this improvised family and the others who are spared, it's now a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer human. Author Ilsa J. Bick crafts a terrifying and thrilling novel about a world that could be ours at any moment, where those left standing must learn what it means not just to survive, but to live amidst the devastation. |
| books for figurative language: Cognition and Figurative Language Richard P. Honeck, Robert R. Hoffman, 2018-10-31 Originally published in 1980, this is a book about the psychology of figurative language. It is however, eclectic and therefore should be of interest to professionals and students in education, linguistics, philosophy, sociolinguistics, and other concerned with meaning and cognition. The editors felt there was a pressing need to bring together the growing empirical efforts of this topic. In a sense, recognition of the theoretical importance of figurative language symbolized the transition from the psycholinguistics of the 1960s to that of the late 1970s, that is from a linguistic semantics to a more comprehensive psychological semantics with a healthy respect for context, inference, world knowledge, and above all creative imagination. The organization of the volume reflects the more basic, general concerns with cognition – from historical and philosophical background, through problems of mental representation and semantic theory, to developmental trends, and to applications in problem solving. |
| books for figurative language: Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age Marianna Bolognesi, Mario Brdar, Kristina Despot, 2019-08-06 This book describes methods, risks, and challenges involved in the construction of metaphor and metonymy digital repositories. The first part of this volume showcases established and new projects around the world in which metaphors and metonymies are harvested and classified. The second part provides a series of cognitive linguistic studies focused on highlighting and discussing theoretical and methodological risks and challenges involved in building these digital resources. The volume is a result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between cognitive linguists, psychologists, and computational scientists supporting an overarching idea that metaphor and metonymy play a central role in human cognition, and that they are deeply entrenched in recurring patterns of bodily experience. Throughout the volume, a variety of methods are proposed to collect and analyze both conceptual metaphors and metonymies and their linguistic and visual expressions. |
| books for figurative language: Understanding Metaphors Robin Johnson, 2015-10-10 This appealing title helps children identify and understand the meaning of metaphors. Examples familiar to children are used to help them learn how to decode this often tricky figurative language form and distinguish it from a simile. Understanding metaphors will expand children's reading comprehension and give them skills to add creativity to their writing. |
| books for figurative language: Eleven Tom Rogers, 2014-01-06 Alex Douglas always wanted to be a hero. But nothing heroic ever happened to Alex. Nothing, that is, until his eleventh birthday [which fell on September 11, 2001]. Then everything changed--P. [4] of cover. |
| books for figurative language: Metaphor Networks Richard Trim, 2007-09-19 This book analyzes the historical evolution of metaphor by proposing new theories involving principles of conceptual networking. |
| books for figurative language: Coyote Moon Maria Gianferrari, Bagram Ibatoulline, 2016-07-19 A howl in the night. A watchful eye in the darkness. A flutter of movement among the trees. Coyotes. In the dark of the night, a mother coyote stalks prey to feed her hungry pups. Her hunt takes her through a suburban town, where she encounters a mouse, a rabbit, a flock of angry geese, and finally an unsuspecting turkey on the library lawn. POUNCE! Perhaps Coyote's family won't go hungry today. This title has Common Core connections. |
| books for figurative language: Creepy Carrots! Aaron Reynolds, 2012-08-21 In this Caldecott Honor–winning picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him. Includes audio! Jasper Rabbit loves carrots—especially Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats them on the way to school. He eats them going to Little League. He eats them walking home. Until the day the carrots start following him...or are they? Celebrated artist Peter Brown’s stylish illustrations pair perfectly with Aaron Reynold’s text in this hilarious picture book that shows it’s all fun and games…until you get too greedy. |
| books for figurative language: The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language Elena Semino, Zsófia Demjén, 2016-11-03 The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language. Featuring 35 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume takes a broad view of the field of metaphor and language, and brings together diverse and distinct theoretical and applied perspectives to cover six key areas: Theoretical approaches to metaphor and language, covering Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Relevance Theory, Blending Theory and Dynamical Systems Theory; Methodological approaches to metaphor and language, discussing ways of identifying metaphors in verbal texts, images and gestures, as well as the use of corpus linguistics; Formal variation in patterns of metaphor use across text types, historical periods and languages; Functional variation of metaphor, in contexts including educational, commercial, scientific and political discourse, as well as online trolling; The applications of metaphor for problem solving, in business, education, healthcare and conflict situations; Language, metaphor, and cognitive development, examining the processing and comprehension of metaphors. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Metaphor is a must-have survey of this key field, and is essential reading for those interested in language and metaphor. |
| books for figurative language: The Mountain Story Lori Lansens, 2015-05-07 'Lori Lansens has created a heart-pounder of a book that is every bit as much of an emotional roller-coaster as an adventurous one. Filled with richly drawn characters, unexpected twists, and gritty details about survival, you'll want to read this right now' Jodi Picoult On the anniversary of the day his best friend, Byrd, had a tragic accident on the mountain which had been the boys' paradise and escape, Wolf Truly reaches for the summit again with the intention of not coming home. But Wolf meets three women in the cable car on the way up from Palm Springs and finds himself agreeing to help them get to a mountain lake. As the weather suddenly deteriorates, the group is stranded on a lethal ridge as the lights of the city twinkle below, so close and yet so terrifyingly far away. Those who will survive the ordeal will do so through a mixture of bravery, determination and self-revelation. |
| books for figurative language: Parts Tedd Arnold, 1997-09-01 I just don't know what's going onOr why it has to beBut every day it's something worseWhat's happening to me?So begins this uproarious new story from the best-selling creator of No Jumping on the Bed!,Green Wilma, and other popular books. The young narrator has discovered a disturbing trend: There's fuzz in his belly button his toes are peeling and something just fell out of his nose. The last straw is a loose tooth, which convinces him of the awful truth his parts are coming unglued!Parts deals with a subject of deepest interest to every young child: the stuff our bodies shed. Parents will appreciate the reassuring message that it's all quite normal, while Tedd Arnold's comical illustrations and rhyming text are guaranteed to make young readers laugh their heads off. |
| books for figurative language: Adventures in Writing Jennifer Woolf, 2017-11-08 Complete with humor, quirkiness, and snark, this is the definitive figurative language workbook for young writers. It will inspire the most promising writers and motivate the most reluctant. Figurative language is to writers what kryptonite is to superman, and this workbook will bestow writing super powers on young writers everywhere. |
| books for figurative language: Using Figurative Language Herbert L. Colston, 2015-11-19 Gathers decades of research on figurative language cognition to answer the question, 'Why don't people just say what they mean?' |
| books for figurative language: The Wild Birds Emily Strelow, 2020-03-03 Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Fiction Finalist for the Foreword INDIES 2018 Award for Best Fiction Cast adrift in 1870s San Francisco after the death of her mother, a girl named Olive disguises herself as a boy and works as a lighthouse keeper's assistant on the Farallon Islands to escape the dangers of a world unkind to young women. In 1941, nomad Victor scours the Sierras searching for refuge from a home to which he never belonged. And in the present day, precocious fifteen year-old Lily struggles, despite her willfulness, to find a place for herself amongst the small town attitudes of Burning Hills, Oregon. Living alone with her hardscrabble mother Alice compounds the problem--though their unique relationship to the natural world ties them together, Alice keeps an awful secret from her daughter, one that threatens to ignite the tension growing between them. Emily Strelow's mesmerizing debut stitches together a sprawling saga of the feral Northwest across farmlands and deserts and generations: an American mosaic alive with birdsong and gunsmoke, held together by a silver box of eggshells--a long-ago gift from a mother to her daughter. Written with grace, grit, and an acute knowledge of how the past insists upon itself, The Wild Birds is a radiant and human story about the shelters we find and make along our crooked paths home. |
| books for figurative language: Apples to Oregon Deborah Hopkinson, 2013-04-16 The slightly true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains. Apples, ho! When Papa decides to pull up roots and move from Iowa to Oregon, he can’t bear to leave his precious apple trees behind. Or his peaches, plums, grapes, cherries, and pears. Oh, and he takes his family along too. But the trail is cruel. First there’s a river to cross that’s wider than Texas, then there are hailstones as big as plums, and then there’s even a drought, sure to crisp the cherries. Luckily Delicious (the nonedible apple of Daddy’s eye) won’t let anything stop her father’s darling saps from tasting the sweet Oregon soil. A hilarious tall tale from the team that brought you Fannie in the Kitchen that’s loosely based on the life of a real fruiting pioneer. |
| books for figurative language: Figurative Language Dmitrij Dobrovol'skij, Dmitriĭ Olegovich Dobrovolʹskiĭ, Elisabeth Piirainen, 2005 The aim of this study is to discover basic principles underlying linguistic figurativeness and to develop a theory that is capable of capturing conventional figurative language (referred to as CFLT - Conventional Figurative Language Theory). This study analyses idioms, proverbs, lexicalised metaphors, and figurative compounds, drawn from ten standard languages. |
| books for figurative language: Using Picture Books to Teach 8 Essential Literary Elements Susan Van Zile, Mary Napoli, Emily Ritholz, 2012 An annotated guide to 100 new and classic picture books that model the use of key literary elementsand appeal to grades 48 students. |
| books for figurative language: Understanding Personification Robin R. Johnson, 2015-10-10 Explains what personification is, how it is used, and how to use it yourself. |
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE - Richmond County School System
Review what figurative language is, types of figurative language, and how to understand figurative language. Students should complete, color, and doodle their pages as you explain the skills.
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Book titles taken from Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices, Hall, Susan 1994 Westport, CT: Oryx Press.
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Figurative Language: Understanding the Concept You are using figurative language when writing goes beyond the actual meanings of words so that the reader gains new insights into the …
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Figurative Language Reading & Writing. Types of Figurative Language Alliteration Hyperbole Idiom Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification ... The books were stacked to the sky. …
Types of Figurative Language - Mrs. Calvert's Language
reader visualize, or see, what is happening in a story or poem. Simile is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two unlike objects. Example: His feet are as big as boats. Feet and …
Figurative Language - National Council of Teachers of English
Figurative language is that which provides the reader with comparisons, substitutions, and patterns that shape meaning. Literary texts sometimes make concentrated use of figurative …
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study of figurative language in spoken and written discourse The authors explore a diverse range of communities from chronic pain sufferers to nursery staff to present a detailed framework for …
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Figurative Language Flip Book: Directions: 1. Take 2 sheets of copy paper 2. Fold “hot dog” style and cut in half 3. Fold pages over creating a fanned flip chart with 8 sections. See picture …
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figurative language is an important and integral aspect of a wide range of language activities. In other words, figurative language is not taken to be a deviation from standard communication, …
Examples of Figurative Language
Examples of Figurative Language The beauty of words Instructions: As we read The Book Thief, continue to find at least three examples of metaphor, simile, and personification that Markus …
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Figurative Language And Context Clues Study Guide (book)
Following Authors and Publishers Figurative Language And Context Clues Study Guide 9. Balancing eBooks and Physical Books Figurative Language And Context Clues Study Guide …
Figurative Language - Book Units Teacher
Label the outside flaps with the type of figurative language. I like students to use highlighters for this as the ink is less likely to bleed through to the inside. Inside each flap, write the definition …
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original San Francisco Chronicle Understanding Figurative Language Sam Glucksberg,2001-07-26 This book examines how people understand utterances that are intended figuratively …
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KINDS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES Poets, song composers or novelists often use figurative languages to have more creative wording than just the direct language because they can build …
Figurative Thought and Language in the Human Universe
Part Three carries two chapters documenting the role of figuration in literary texts. The volume closes with four chapters examining figurative language in cross-linguistic and trans-linguistic …
Books For Figurative Language (book) - old.icapgen.org
Books For Figurative Language: Figurative Language Barbara Dancygier,Eve Sweetser,2014-03-06 This lively introduction to figurative language explains a broad range of concepts including …
Using Figurative Language - Cambridge University Press
Using Figurative Language presents results from a multidisciplinary decades-long study of fi gurative language that addresses the question, “Why don’t people just say what they mean?”
Using Figurative Language
Using Figurative Language presents results from a multidisciplinary decades-long study of figurative language that addresses the question, “Why don’t people just say what they mean?” …
1 Figurative language - Cambridge University Press
We investigate the use of fi gurative language across a variety of genres and registers (both written and spoken), and con-sider a range of instances of communication that involve …
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE - Richmond County School System
Review what figurative language is, types of figurative language, and how to understand figurative language. Students should complete, color, and doodle their pages as you explain the skills.
Suggested Books with Figurative Language
Book titles taken from Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices, Hall, Susan 1994 Westport, CT: Oryx Press.
Figurative Language: Understanding the Concept - Central …
Figurative Language: Understanding the Concept You are using figurative language when writing goes beyond the actual meanings of words so that the reader gains new insights into the …
Figurative Language - slps.org
Figurative Language Reading & Writing. Types of Figurative Language Alliteration Hyperbole Idiom Metaphor Onomatopoeia Personification ... The books were stacked to the sky. …
Types of Figurative Language - Mrs. Calvert's Language
reader visualize, or see, what is happening in a story or poem. Simile is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two unlike objects. Example: His feet are as big as boats. Feet and …
Figurative Language - National Council of Teachers of English
Figurative language is that which provides the reader with comparisons, substitutions, and patterns that shape meaning. Literary texts sometimes make concentrated use of figurative …
Books With Figurative Language - archive.ncarb.org
study of figurative language in spoken and written discourse The authors explore a diverse range of communities from chronic pain sufferers to nursery staff to present a detailed framework for …
Figurative Language Flip Book - Chandler Unified School …
Figurative Language Flip Book: Directions: 1. Take 2 sheets of copy paper 2. Fold “hot dog” style and cut in half 3. Fold pages over creating a fanned flip chart with 8 sections. See picture …
L2 Figurative Language Teaching - Cambridge Scholars …
figurative language is an important and integral aspect of a wide range of language activities. In other words, figurative language is not taken to be a deviation from standard communication, …
Examples of Figurative Language
Examples of Figurative Language The beauty of words Instructions: As we read The Book Thief, continue to find at least three examples of metaphor, simile, and personification that Markus …
Figurative Language - Cambridge University Press
978-1-107-00595-2 — Figurative Language Barbara Dancygier , Eve Sweetser Frontmatter More Information © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Figurative …
Figurative Language And Context Clues Study Guide (book)
Following Authors and Publishers Figurative Language And Context Clues Study Guide 9. Balancing eBooks and Physical Books Figurative Language And Context Clues Study Guide …
Figurative Language - Book Units Teacher
Label the outside flaps with the type of figurative language. I like students to use highlighters for this as the ink is less likely to bleed through to the inside. Inside each flap, write the definition …
Books For Figurative Language - archive.ncarb.org
original San Francisco Chronicle Understanding Figurative Language Sam Glucksberg,2001-07-26 This book examines how people understand utterances that are intended figuratively …
Here are the common types of figurative languages:
KINDS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGES Poets, song composers or novelists often use figurative languages to have more creative wording than just the direct language because they can build …
Figurative Thought and Language in the Human Universe
Part Three carries two chapters documenting the role of figuration in literary texts. The volume closes with four chapters examining figurative language in cross-linguistic and trans-linguistic …
Books For Figurative Language (book) - old.icapgen.org
Books For Figurative Language: Figurative Language Barbara Dancygier,Eve Sweetser,2014-03-06 This lively introduction to figurative language explains a broad range of concepts including …
Using Figurative Language - Cambridge University Press
Using Figurative Language presents results from a multidisciplinary decades-long study of fi gurative language that addresses the question, “Why don’t people just say what they mean?”
Using Figurative Language
Using Figurative Language presents results from a multidisciplinary decades-long study of figurative language that addresses the question, “Why don’t people just say what they mean?” …
1 Figurative language - Cambridge University Press
We investigate the use of fi gurative language across a variety of genres and registers (both written and spoken), and con-sider a range of instances of communication that involve …
