Advanced Figurative Language
English · Vocabulary · conceptual
Understand and interpret figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meaning — including allusion, irony, pun, oxymoron, and extended metaphor — and distinguish between connotation and denotation when analysing or choosing words
What mastery looks like
- Explain the connotative difference between words with similar denotations (e.g., thrifty vs. stingy vs. economical)
- Identify irony or an allusion in a text and explain what it adds to the meaning
- Analyse an extended metaphor across a paragraph or poem and explain how it develops an idea
Check your understanding
When Advanced Figurative Language reads a poem or novel and the author uses irony, a pun, or an unexpected comparison, can they explain what effect it creates and why the author chose those words?
Prerequisites
Required first
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None.