Thursday
October 30th, 2014
Today’s Agenda:
1.  Figurative Language Review –mini-lesson w/
guided notes
2. Figurative Language: Zombie Style
writing activity
3. Poem
Warm-up
On your Post-­‐it, answer the following: Hmmm… 1.  In your own words, What is Figura6ve Language? 2.  List any types of Figura6ve Language that you already know. figurative
language What is it?
Figura+ve language is the use of words that go beyond their ordinary meanings. Figura+ve language requires you to use your imagina+on to figure out the author's meaning. The water’s reflection
was like the sun on
glass.
Why is it important?
•  Figurative language is language that means
more than what it says on the surface
•  It usually gives us a feeling about its subject
•  It helps the reader to visualize (see) what the
writer is thinking
•  It puts a picture in the readers mind
Types of Figurative Language
•  Simile
•  Metaphor
•  Personification
•  Alliteration
•  Assonance
•  Consonance
•  Repetition
•  Onomatopoeia
•  Hyperbole
•  Imagery
•  Idioms
SIMILE-A figure of speech
comparing two different things
using the words “like” or “as.”
A>er the football game, the boy was so sore he walked like a toy soldier. METAPHOR-A figure of speech comparing
two different things without using the
words “like” or “as.”
Stars are buttons off the
angels’ gowns.
Onomatopoeia-­‐a word or words that imitate a sound. The click, click, click of the computer keys gave Mrs. Jones a headache. PERSONIFICATION-GIVING HUMAN
CHARACTERISTICS TO THINGS THAT
ARE NOT HUMAN.
The moonlight walked
across the water.
HYPERBOLE-figurative
language where exaggeration is
used for emphasis.
Our teacher is so old she probably taught cavemen how to make a wheel. Alliteration-figurative language
using the repetition of consonant
sounds.
Let’s
Practice!
ONOMATOPOEIA What type of figura/ve language is the following sentence? Helga hangs handkerchiefs on the line. ALLITERATION What type of figura/ve language is the following sentence? The boy could swim like a fish. SIMILE
What type of figura+ve language is used in the following sentence? John is a mountain on the field. WHAT TYPE OF FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE IS USED IN THE
FOLLOWING SENTENCE?
Jimmy is so skinny, a skeleton looks faNer than he does! HYPERBOLE What type of figura/ve language is the following sentence? The trees danced
by the shore.