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How do you understand when a poet is using words that have double meaning?

How do you understand when a poet is using words that have double meaning?. In this lesson you will learn how to notice figurative language in a poem by looking for double meaning in words. Literal- The dictionary definition of a word or phrase.

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How do you understand when a poet is using words that have double meaning?

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  1. How do you understand when a poet is using words that have double meaning?

  2. In this lesson you will learn how to notice figurative language in a poem by looking for double meaning in words.

  3. Literal- The dictionary definition of a word or phrase. (Example: A fox is an animal that lives in the forest.) Figurative- A creative way to say something; comparing two things. (Example: “You are a fox,” means that you are sneaky or sly.)

  4. Example: “It’s raining cats and dogs.” Literal vs. Figurative

  5. Thinking that a poet is speaking literally when they are not!

  6. Example: The sun smiles upon me. WRONG! RIGHT!

  7. Is there any figurative language here? What does this really mean?

  8. What does it mean for thunder to have a “voice”? Literal vs. Figurative What’s up!

  9. What does it really mean for thunder to have a “voice”? • Notes: • Thunder is loud. • When it sounds, it makes noise over and over again.

  10. The poet is comparing the sound of thunder to a talking voice. • Notes: • Thunder is loud. • When it sounds, it makes noise over and over again. Boom! Boom!

  11. 1 • Look for figurative language. 2 • Ask yourself, “What does this literally • mean?” 3 Ask yourself, “What does this really mean?”

  12. In this lesson you have learned how to notice figurative language in a poem by looking for double meaning in words.

  13. Read the rest of the poem. Do you spot another line with figurative language?

  14. 1) Find another poem and see if you can spot where the author might be using figurative language. • 2) Draw a poster representing the literal meaning of the figurative language vs. the figurative meaning.

  15. 1) Come up with your own figurative language by taking two things and comparing them. • 2) For example, if you wrote about being hungry, what could you compare yourself to? A lion? A crying baby? • 3) Once you find a fun comparison, write a poem about it!

  16. Read the poem. Find one line with figurative language. Can you explain what it really means?

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