Happy THURSDAY 6th Grade!
Today, we are going to begin discussing Figurative Language. Let's take out our notebooks, open to the mini-lesson section and write down today's statement.
Readers identify figurative language as a way to better understand what the author is trying to get across in his/her text.
Let's take a few notes about the types of figurative language.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dz4u4JDpnU&feature=youtu.be
As a way to practice, I want you to come up with 1 sentence for each type of figurative language. (5 sentences total)
Today, we are going to begin discussing Figurative Language. Let's take out our notebooks, open to the mini-lesson section and write down today's statement.
Readers identify figurative language as a way to better understand what the author is trying to get across in his/her text.
Let's take a few notes about the types of figurative language.
- Figurative Language
- Using a word or phrase that does not have it's normal everyday meaning
- There are many different types of figurative language
- Simile
- A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
- Exp: She wilted like a thirsty flower when the teacher corrected her grammar in front of the class.
- Exp: She wilted like a thirsty flower when the teacher corrected her grammar in front of the class.
- A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
- Metaphor
- A comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing is a dissimilar object or thing
- Exp: Max was a starving hyena, devouring everything in sight.
- Exp: Max was a starving hyena, devouring everything in sight.
- A comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing is a dissimilar object or thing
- Hyberbole
- An exaggeration that can not possibly be true
- Exp: I hate camping because soon there will be a BILLION mosquitos in our tent.
- Exp: I hate camping because soon there will be a BILLION mosquitos in our tent.
- An exaggeration that can not possibly be true
- Personification
- Giving human like qualities to nonhuman things
- Exp: The ancient car wheezed it's last breath and refused to move another inch.
- Exp: The ancient car wheezed it's last breath and refused to move another inch.
- Giving human like qualities to nonhuman things
- Idiom
- A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning
- Exp: My clothes were soaked because it was raining cats and dogs out there.
- Exp: My clothes were soaked because it was raining cats and dogs out there.
- A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning
- Simile
- Using a word or phrase that does not have it's normal everyday meaning
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dz4u4JDpnU&feature=youtu.be
As a way to practice, I want you to come up with 1 sentence for each type of figurative language. (5 sentences total)