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Primary 5

LESSON 1
Term 1 Week 4

Learn from doing, realise through learning, and act upon realising.
Jing Si Aphorism
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:
Proverbs and Idioms
Success Criteria
I can tell the difference between literal and
01
figurative language.
I can interpret proverbs in different ways and
02 situations.
I can explain the meaning of idiomatic
03 expressions.
Let’s Review!
Literal and Figurative Language
What’s the difference?
Literal language does not use figures of speech like simile and
metaphor. Instead, it uses the actual meanings of words or phrases.
Literal language is straightforward and to the point.
Figurative language often uses symbolism, requiring the reader to think
beyond the words that are written. It uses literary devices instead of
relying on the actual meaning of words or phrases.
Let’s have a look at these examples.

Literal Language Figurative Language


Grasshoppers make a high Grasshoppers are fiddlers
pitched noise. who play their legs.
PERSONIFICATION / METAPHOR
The lifeguard saved me from I need a break. I’m drowning
drowning. in work!
IDIOM
PROVERBS
Proverbs …
● can be easily understood using the dictionary
meaning of words.

● are considered figurative language only because they


are a figurative way of teaching the lesson they
contain.

*figurative: symbolic
Some examples of PROVERBS
✔ A bad workman always blames his tools.
✔ A happy heart is better than a full purse.
✔ Idleness and laziness can lead to ruin.
✔ Better late than never.
✔ Hard work pays off.
IDIOMS
Also known as idiomatic expression …
● an idiom is a group of words in a fixed
order that has a meaning that is
different from the meanings of each
word on its own.
Some examples of IDIOMS
a. let the cat out of the bag : tell a secret
b. hit the nail on the head : get something exactly right
c. hold your tongue : keep quiet about something
d. pull your leg : tease someone
e. in the same boat : in the same situation
f. hold your horses : don’t rush into something, think first
g. once in a blue moon : happening very rarely
h. read between the lines : understand a meaning that was not
said explicitly
End of
LESSON 1
Figurative Language:
Proverbs and Idioms

Learn from doing, realise through learning, and act upon realising.
Jing Si Aphorism

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