Wed., August 20
Journal
Figurative Language Review
Sentence Structure
Journal: Date and Title
Let it rip! Write about
something you feel very
strongly about – love it or hate
it. Identify the issue, why you
feel so strongly about it, and
what can be done about it.
Reflect on Maya Angelou’s
life. Can you relate? Have
you felt small, insignificant,
unnoticed? Who threw you a
lifeline? Include details.
Dream. Do you have a goal?
What is it? How are you
working to achieve it? What
stands in your way of
accomplishing it? How
committed to your goal are
you?
Be creative. Play with
imagery. Describe
something with visual, tactile
(touch), gustatory (taste),
auditory (hearing), and
olfactory (smell) descriptions.
See if someone can guess
what you are describing.
Imagery: Guess What This Is?
8-20-14
I am one of nature’s soft gems. Deep red, with tiny
black hairs and a green cap, I thrive in warm, sandy
soil. My home is close to the ground, surrounded by
green vines and leafy mulch. I explode with
sweetness when one bites into me, luscious drops
of red juice dripping everywhere. The sun makes
me sweeter, softer, juicer, redder. I am a jewel to
look at, candy to eat, and a fragile pleasure that
lasts only a few days before I am too mushy to enjoy.
Maya Angelou: Figurative
Language
O Metaphor: “a Fun House of Things,” “it was
an unopened present,” “opening the doors
was pulling the ribbon off the unexpected
gift,” “sweet-milk fresh in my memory,” “her
reading was a wonder in my ears.”
O Literal: an exciting place, a delight and
surprise, opening the doors was a new
event, memory was immediate and clear,
her reading inspired delight in my mind
Figurative Language
O Simile: “like a biscuit, dirty and inedible,”
“peeled like a plum if snagged,” Mrs.
Flowers reading “as in a hymn book,”
O Literal: a perishable item that has been
wasted and is now unusable, her reading
had a melodious tone.
Figurative Language
O Personification: “I sensed it was tired,”
“browned photographs leered or threatened
from the walls and the white, freshly done
curtains pushed against themselves and
against the wind.”
O Literal: The Store was familiar, tired, and a
member of the family. The interior of Mrs.
Flowers home was formidable – a little
scary, formal, and stiff. It was not casual.
Figurative Language
O Hyperbole: “troubadours on their ceaseless crawlings
through the South,” “I loved more than anything in the
world,” “carried mine around for hours,” “death would be
too kind and brief,” “they were sufficient for a child’s lifelong diet,” “I wanted to gobble up the entire room.”
O Literal: the idea that musicians never stop walking
through the area playing their music, she loved pineapple
very much, she would have accepted nothing less than
torture had she messed up one of Mrs.Flowers books, she
wanted to hold within her memory the vision of the room..
Figurative Language
O Idiom: “I developed an eye for measuring,”
“threw me my first lifeline,”
O Literal: I had a knack for measuring
accurately. Mrs. Flowers offered me an
opportunity to pull myself out of the depths
of my depression and self-doubt.
Today’s New Material
EQ: What is a sentence?
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Go!
I need.
I need my shoes.
Such as a banana.
I want an apple.
If I want an apple.
I like apples and you
like peaches but we
both love oranges.
ELACC8L1
O Demonstrate command
of the conventions of
standard English
grammar and usage
when writing or speaking.
ELACC8L2
 Demonstrate command of
the conventions of
standard English
capitalization, punctuation,
and spelling when writing
Identify the problem: Frag, R-O, or OK
1. The
can of mushroom soup must have spoiled, it was bulging
at the top.
2. I respect my parents, I resent their attempts to choose a
career for me.
3. If the most popular language in the world is Chinese because
nearly a billion people speak it.
4. I could tell the room had been dusted, for all the pictures
were crooked.
5. Even though George knew the answer to the last essay exam
question, he didn’t have enough time to write his response.
Identify the problem: Frag, R-O, or OK
6. After we quickly closed the camper’s windows and dozens of
moths had managed to fly in anyway.
7. The candy bar in my glove compartment had melted sticky
chocolate sauce coated my license and registration.
8. Erin sat on the park bench eating peanuts, and squirrels
kept bouncing up to her for a handout.
9. The fumes from the glossy enamel paint were giving Maria a
headache she took a break outside.
10. I know I won’t win the race tomorrow, I just want to be able
to say I finished.
Summarize
O A sentence has a subject, verb, and complete
thought.
O An independent clause has a subject, verb, and
a complete thought.
O Two independent clauses may be joined by
O A comma and FANBOY
O A semi-colon
O A dependent clause has a subordinating
conjunction (AWUBIS), plus a subject and verb.
O Dependent clauses cannot stand alone.
Homework:
Due Thursday
O Identify fragments on the handout by circling S or F.
O Rewrite the fragments to make complete sentences.
Use the blank side of the handout or a piece of
notebook paper to write your sentences.
O Number your revised sentences to match the
sentences on the handout.