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Here are the teacher pack items for Figurative Language:
Overview In this experience, students learn about 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 extended metaphors, and also identify authors’ uses of imagery. Students will collaborate in small groups for Scene 2 and Scene 3. Objectives Duration One to two class periods. You may choose to have the students read “After Twenty Years” at home before beginning the experience. Vocabulary Words Used in “After Twenty Years”
In this experience, you will identify several types of figurative language, including similes and metaphors, and explain why authors use it in their writing. You will also identify the use of extended metaphor. Throughout the experience you will have the opportunity to use figurative language as you write your own text.
Objectives
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages…”What two things is Shakespeare comparing? What do you think he means? Write a few sentences to share your thoughts.
Ask a few volunteers to discuss their ideas. If necessary, explain the following to the students:
