Sentences with phrase «figurative meanings of»

To deepen word knowledge and comprehension, students can create «Word Maps» for a selection of words to demonstrate their understanding of literal and figurative meanings of words, etymology, use, derivatives, parts of speech, and so forth.

Presenting strong symbols of civilizations through visual and written material, the works in the exhibition investigate the rituals of our daily life through the figurative meaning of an artefact and question, in the current climate of constant change, what should be conserved from the past for future archaeologists and how does this influence our historiography.

Not exact matches

It simply means we determine objective (over figurative or culturally and historically conditioned) based on common sense and the knowledge we have of culture, history, authorship, etc..

To ignore these principles of interpretation is to distort the text just as much as if you ignored the principle of reading poetry as poetry with all the rich meaning of figurative language and chose rather to read it like it was a science text book.

It is a good rule that in trying to understand the Bible one should not have recourse to a figurative or allegorical explanation of any passage (outside those poetical and prophetical compositions which obviously have a symbolic intention) without first settling conclusions with the straightforward meaning, even if it seems offensive; for the offence may set up that tension in the mind through which we often reach the truth.

But as we understand Whitehead, the passage from the indeterminacy of the initial phases of concrescence, through the intermediate phases to the final phase, satisfaction, is a process which concretizes or actualizes the occasion itself, and the occasion is not actual until the process is complete.9 If so, the indeterminacy of the earlier phases of concrescence is a radical or absolute indeterminacy inconsistent with the passage of time, for there is nothing as yet actual for which time could pass; thus, concrescence is a process in a metaphorical or figurative sense, and this is why Whitehead associates concrescence with creativity, calling creativity the Category of the Ultimate, meaning that though it is used to explain all else, it is not explicable.

Clive, you point out how others often don't understand what Jesus was saying; but while Jesus often labors to try and make things clear to the unbeliever («Oh, you of little faith) or at the very least the author tries to make it clear for us in retrospect (At the time they didn't understand that he spoke of this...), in this case Jesus switches from something that might be figurative to essentially say «no, I seriously mean this» and it concludes not with Jesus saying «don't go away, this is what I actually mean» but confirming that people would refuse to accept that God intended for them to actually fill themselves with the life that He offered so they stopped following him.

When aunt Sally says that the children are so cute she «could just eat them up» we know that usually «eat» means a literal consuming but in this sense just points out the figurative attractiveness of adorable children.

It boils down to fago means «eat» mostly the same way that we mean when we say «eat», usually it is literally, but it can be conceived of as figuratively: when it speaks of Israel eating manna, we understand it to mean literally, but we can conceive of it meaning something figurative.

But, starting from the symbol, by means of contemplation and true imagination with its evocative power, such knowledge grasps the figurative presence as an epiphany of the transcendent.

The cattle and other domestic animals were not meant to be literal but figurative of the animals the natives must have domesticated...

What is at stake here is not a single text, but the entire meaning of the whole revelation: the opposition between YHWH and «the» figurative representations of the gods, and the very definition of the God of Israel.

So for Christians to believe the actual, absolute, eternal lake of fire «hell», well if they only knew they were making something literal that was always meant to be figurative.

Linafelt demonstrates differences between Hebrew and Western poetry, in particular the use of figurative language and couplets with parallel meanings in the Hebrew — for example, in the Books of Job and the Psalms.

Do you see that we must first understand the literal meaning of «shepherd» before the phrase «the Lord is my shepherd» has any figurative power?

Or, if the Dispersion is meant in a figurative sense, to all the Christians outside of Palestine?

Even so, we are far more likely to paint for our readers a broad range of figurative meaning by keeping close to the literal field wherein that meaning takes root and flourishes, than by dispensing with the literal, and losing it and much of the figurative to boot.

Criticism may smile indulgently at the palpable deception in the claim that this was given to Moses at Sinai along with the Torah, but if we would read the meaning of figurative language, it is apparent that this was but an expression of the sense of a pervasive natural law: the religious impulse and revelation with which the name of Moses was associated was too great to embody itself in written form — not even the Torah was adequate; but it reposed ultimately in the divine impress upon the heart of man.

But even more so I mean that the figurative version of that advice is really amazing.

The fact that this bow is removable means you can rock it both ways depending on what mood you're in, and for this post I decided to wear the dress sans bow with a simple belt to show the dress doesn't lose any of it's loveliness without that figurative cherry on top.

Does that mean kissing lots of frogs or throwing figurative darts at online profiles?

While geo - specifically Canadian, and working within a coloniality of power that I often felt obliged to critique, I think my identity growing up in Canada was more mobile than nationalist, if not badly mangled, bleeding through the figurative membranes of its Canadian - ness, as something that was always already foreign to itself, as I really didn't have a sense of what it meant to be a Canadian but at the same time I tried to account for the people I met and the ideas I encountered in the context of living a life in the service of something larger than one's nation state, trying to understand what it meant to be of service to society.

Standard: Determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative and technical meanings.

Teach strategies that emphasize analysis and interpretation — examine author styles and use of language through literal and figurative analysis to get meaning from text.

Each escape room has the following contents: ♦ Teacher Instructions with Usage Guide and FAQ ♦ 20 Multiple Choice Questions ♦ 5 Decoders for each of the 5 Levels ♦ Student Recording Sheet and Teacher Answer Key ♦ Link to an optional, but recommended, digital breakout room Reading Comprehension: ♦ Character Traits ♦ Drawing Conclusions ♦ Figurative Language ♦ Genres ♦ Idioms ♦ Informational Text Structures ♦ Literary Devices ♦ Metaphors ♦ Nonfiction Text Features ♦ Point of View ♦ Sequencing ♦ Setting ♦ Similes ♦ Story Elements ♦ Theme Vocabulary: ♦ Antonyms ♦ Commonly Misspelled Words ♦ Context Clues ♦ Multiple Meaning Words ♦ Prefixes ♦ Root Words ♦ Shades of Meaning ♦ Suffixes ♦ Synonyms ♦ Transition Words Grammar: ♦ Adjectives ♦ Adverbs ♦ Apostrophes ♦ Appositives ♦ Collective Nouns ♦ Commas ♦ Contractions ♦ Helping Verbs ♦ Parts of Speech ♦ Plural Nouns ♦ Prepositions ♦ Pronoun Antecedent Agreement ♦ Verbs

RL.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

One way to help your child understand what you mean when you talk about figurative language is to have him look at some of his Valentine's Day cards.

b) Describe the impact of specific word choices, such as jargon, dialect, multiple meanings, invented words, concrete or abstract terms, and sensory or figurative language.

In fifth grade, students should have command of grade level appropriate sight words, read and comprehend informational text with domain - specific vocabulary, and use context to determine the correct meaning of homonyms (multiple - meaning words) and figurative language, like metaphors, similes, and idioms.

In fourth grade, students should have command of grade level appropriate sight words, be able to read and comprehend informational text with domain - specific vocabulary, use context to determine the correct meaning of homonyms (multiple - meaning words), and recognize figurative language, including common idioms, simple similes, and metaphors.

CCRA.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

As a teacher, take time to teach the meanings of figurative language.

In rhetoric, a figure of speech is a type of figurative language (such as metaphor, irony, understatement, or anaphora) that departs from conventional word order or meaning.

Don't assume that ELL students know the implied meanings of figurative language.

Teach a variety of strategies for acquiring new vocabulary and help students understand figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings

«Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.»

RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

Students also learn the meaning of idiomatic expressions or figurative language such as «like a sheet of gray fog.»

Figurative language can also be defined as any deliberate departure from the conventional meaning, order, or construction of words.

By sixth grade, the standards become more detailed and specific, including understanding figurative and connotative meanings of words; analyzing the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone; considering how a particular stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme; and contrasting the reading and multimedia experience of a text and various forms or types of poetry in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.

CCRA.R.4), which asks that students «interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings,» is practically an invitation to call on graphic novels; the strong visual platform inherent in their construction is so conducive to just this sort of interpretation.

The second set of anchor standards are «Craft and Structure,» which specify that students will (1) «interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone»; (2) «analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole»; and (3) «assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.»

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

How To Capture A Martini — it wasn't until the end of the book that I figured out the title's figurative meaning.

Early figurative drawings and woodcuts, some done when the artist served in the Peace Corps, in Africa, bore witness to the acute sense of observation and refinement of means that still characterize his art, while pointing to the resonant economy of his mature works.

Chris Bedford and Baltimore - based artist Zöe Charlton discuss the meanings behind her surreal life - size figurative drawings and how people relate to images of bodies.

Tal R has often used the word «kolbojnik», meaning leftovers in Hebrew, to describe his practice of sourcing and collecting a wide range of imagery, figurative and abstract, from high and low culture.

If it's meant to just be a show of 100 years of figurative art, that feels too broad.

Drawing on Arabic semiotics and dwelling on calligraphy as a means of interpretive transcendence, Koraïchi's work utilises letters and signage to evoke figurative imagery and present universal messages to a global audience.