Figurative Language in After Ever
After
Figurative Language
• Language that is used for descriptive effect.
• Today we will focus on symbolism, simile,
metaphor, foreshadowing, and irony.
Symbolism
• Any use of an object, person, place or
experience that means more than it really is.
The use of images to represent internal
realities (which means to stand for how you
feel inside.)
• Reflect on your own paper: Think about the
bicycle in After Ever After. What is symbolic
about the fact that Jeffrey rides a bike?
Simile and Metaphor
• Simile-A comparison between two things
using like or as.
• Metaphor-A comparison between two things
not using like or as. (Metaphors will often use
is instead.)
Label the following examples on your
paper:
• ______ “He looks at me like I am a particularly
loathsome slice of school-lunch meatloaf.” (pg. 3)
• ______”Hoping is your first mistake.” (pg. 9)
• _____”I looked like a cross between Ben Franklin
and a Franklin stove.” (pg. 33)
• _____Jeffrey is a fat whale if he does not
exercise.
• _____”He was like the rock that the rest of my life
had leaned on.” (pg. 34).
Foreshadowing
• The use of clues by an author to prepare
readers for what will happen in the story.
• Which of the previous examples of simile and
metaphor is also an example of
foreshadowing? Reflect on your own paper.
Irony
• A form of expression in which the intended
meaning of a word or expression is used
opposite of their true (literal) meaning.
• For example…calling someone smart when
you really think they aren’t (verbal)
• The fact Flash Macgrath is a 300 pound
COACH who used to be a sprinter (situational)