It's Monday! I hope you all had a good weekend and spent a little time in the sun on Sunday!
Today, we are going to continue focusing on Figurative Language. Last week, you learned the definitions and wrote your own examples. This week, we are going to practice with some examples and then use our text, 'All Summer in a Day', to see how the author used it.
Today, we are going to practice with the types of figurative language. Here are the definitions again, just in case, you didn't write them on Thursday...
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When you are finished, make sure you are reading for 20 minutes...just like you should be...EVERY DAY!
Today, we are going to continue focusing on Figurative Language. Last week, you learned the definitions and wrote your own examples. This week, we are going to practice with some examples and then use our text, 'All Summer in a Day', to see how the author used it.
Today, we are going to practice with the types of figurative language. Here are the definitions again, just in case, you didn't write them on Thursday...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning
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- This should take you directly to Figurative Language Practice
- You will be prompted to put your name in and an access code.
- The access code is F86E
- Complete the activity and TAKE YOUR TIME. I can see how long it takes you to work.
- After you finish, follow the prompts to submit.
- I will receive an email that you did the activity, so you do not need to e-mail me.
When you are finished, make sure you are reading for 20 minutes...just like you should be...EVERY DAY!