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Here are the teacher pack items for Using Figurative Language:
Overview In this experience, students learn about different types of figurative language that authors use to make their writing more entertaining and to enhance the images readers make in their minds as they read. They identify and write their own examples of similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, and assonance. Finally, they write their own text that includes examples of figurative language. Objectives Duration Two-three class periods. You may choose to have the students read the “The Husband of the Rat’s Daughter” before beginning the experience. Vocabulary Words Used in “The Husband of the Rat’s Daughter”
In this experience, you will identify various kinds of figurative language including similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, and assonance, and you will explain why authors use it in their writing. You will also have an opportunity to write your own text using figurative language.
Objectives
Have you ever heard the saying, “I feel like I am floating on cloud 9!”? It does not mean that someone is really floating in the clouds, but that the person is feeling extreme happiness or excitement. This is an example of figurative language. Specifically, it is called an idiom.
Read the list of the following idioms with the actual meanings in parentheses.
What do you think the literal meaning of the idioms would look like? Illustrate the literal meaning of one of the idioms. You can create your illustration directly on the canvas below, or draw it on paper and upload a photo of it.
Have the students review the posts and discuss the images.
