Figurative Language

 

Explain the difference between an inference and a conclusion.  Use examples to support your answer.  Stated the best answer in the class!

An inference is a reflection of what we have understood based on the presently known facts or events, while conclusion is a result of the facts and solid data.  For example, my inference for the epicentre of the Chile Earthquake (Mw=9) would be related to a location on a nearby area where damage is observed to be significantly higher, but my conclusion based on the world-wide data seismic stations would give a better robust estimate.  Because, inference I came up with based on my own knowledge whereas my conclusionresulted from modern seismic data.

 

Hyperbole	Jason's story about his fishing trip was so funny, I almost died laughing.  I can never get my sister off the phone; she loves to talk her head off.
Simile	Shelly's face turned red as a beet when she dropped her tray of food on the cafeteria Floor.  I have to take my son shopping; he's like a bull in china shop.  Craig put his head on the pillow and he was out like a light.  The sun on the snow sparkles like diomands.  Her emotions were bared, as transparent as glass.  Son is like a ball in shopping.
Metaphor	Life is a barren field, frozen with snow. Life is a highway. Your life is a clock.  
Personification	One cold morning last week, my car coughed, sputtered and died. The book begged to read.

Literal Meaning

intent 1. Firmly directed or fixed; earnest; intense [a stretching out, extending]. tend-, tendo-, ten-, teno-, tenot-, tenonto-, tens-, tent-, -tend, -tension, -tent, -tense, -tensive, -tentious (Greek > Latin: to move in a certain direction; to stretch, to hold out; tension; as well as tendon, sinew). (one match, page 4)

attitude (AT i tood", AT i tyood") 1. The way a person feels about someone or something: "The teacher wants to change the hostile attitude some of his students have regarding technology." 2. A feeling or way of thinking that affects a person's behavior: "Since his accident, there has been a change in his attitude." "The sales lady had a friendly attitude with all of her customers." arouse –verb (used with object) 1. to stir to action or strong response; excite: to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.