Name:______
How do I analyze figurative language?
Do Now Directions: Yesterday in Chains, Colonel Reagan said “Keep your voice low. The walls have ears.” What type of figurative language did he use? What did he mean? Answer in at least 2 complete sentences.
He used personification. I know that because walls don't actually have ears. They can't actually hear. But a person does have ears, and can hear. He meant
In my own words it is important to learn how to analyze figurative language because…Mini-Lesson: What is Figurative Language?
Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning. Authors use figurative language to paint a picture of the scene in the reader’s head and make their writing come alive. Today we are going to practice identifying and analyzing simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole and onomatopoeia.
Read Aloud: Chains
Page # / In the text it said… / Figurative Language / Meaning103 / “I woke when the people around me stood, so startled that I popped up from the pew and near toppled over the railing.”
106 / “I practiced the code over and over until it felt like a prayer.”
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Page # / In the text it said… / Figurative Language / Meaning
110 / “Most of the bruises on her arms and shoulders were hid under her gown, but she walked stiff and sore as an old crone.”
Independent Reading:
Directions: Read your book and record any figurative language in your Reading.
Page # / In the text it said… / Figurative Language / MeaningFigurative Language Exit Slip
Directions: Laurie Halse Anderson uses a lot of figurative language in Chains. She wrote, “The thought of Madam putting Ruth up to auction was a constant torment, like bees darting in and out of my sight, daring me to swat at them.” What type of figurative language is this? What does it mean? Most importantly, why does Laurie Halse Anderson use this type of figurative language? Answer ALL THREE questions in complete sentences.
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HW: Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole, Personification
Directions: Match the definition to the type of figurative language. ( /4 points)
1. Hyperbole a. Comparing two unalike things using as or like.
2. Personification b. An extreme exaggeration.
3. Simile c. Giving nonhuman objects human characteristics.
4. Metaphor d. Comparing two unalike thinks.
Directions: Determine what type of figurative language is listed below and describe what it means by completing the graphic organizer.
Text / Figurative Language / What it means“Busy as a Bee” / Simile / This means that you have so much to do that you are buzzing around like a bee.
“He has a heart of stone”
“Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter”
“The sun played hide and seek with the clouds”
“You snore louder than a freight train.”
“Dreams”
By: Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
1. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
“ For if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification
2. What does the author mean when he writes “for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird”?
a. That life has wings that don’t work
b. That if you don’t have dreams you can’t do anything
c. That if you don’t have dreams you can escape
3. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
“For when dreams go, life is a barren field frozen with snow”
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Hyperbole
4. What does the author mean when he writes “for when dreams go, life is a barren field”?
a. That life is cold and snowy
b. That without dreams you have nothing
c. That without dreams you will be free
As you read the rest of Chains, you need to record 20 more examples of figurative language.
Text / Figurative Language / MeaningChoose one paragraph you visualize by sketching. What page is it on? ______