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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. Learning Target: Identifies Literary Devices within Text. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things Uses the words like or as Examples: The snow is like a soft white blanket. The snow fell, as quietly as a feather drifting to the ground.

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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  1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Learning Target: Identifies Literary Devices within Text

  2. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things Uses the words like or as Examples: The snow is like a soft white blanket. The snow fell, as quietly as a feather drifting to the ground. An eraser is like a rewind button for your brain! Her smile is as dazzling as diamonds in the sun. What is a simile?

  3. A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things WITHOUT using the words like or as Examples: The snow is a soft white blanket. My pencil is my voice on paper. She was a gazelle, clearing the hurdles with ease. The breeze was a soft touch on my cheek. What is a metaphor?

  4. Authors often use similes and metaphors to create vivid descriptions Writers use similes and metaphors to describe a character or some important action Writers use similes and metaphors when they want the reader to “see” what is happening. LET’S TAKE A LOOK… In the books we read…

  5. The author, Karen Ackerman, describes Grandpa’s dancing and singing: “His feet move slowly at first, while his tap shoes make soft, slippery sounds like rain on a tin roof…He does a new step that sounds like a woodpecker tapping on a tree. Suddenly, his shoes move faster, and he begins to sing. His voice is as round and strong as a canyon echo…” Song and dance man

  6. The author, Patricia Polacco ,uses figurative language just as the geese return to Lake Merritt: • “Then they heard a sound in the darkness. At first, it was a soft distant symphony of rushing wind, but it built like summer thunder: low, deep, and grand.” I Can hear the sun

  7. Poets use similes and metaphors to create clear images for the reader. In this stanza from a poem entitled “January,” John Updike presents a metaphor comparing the sun, a fiery ball of gas, to a short spark, in order to describe the short days between the long nights of winter. “ The days are short, The sun a spark Hung thin between The dark and dark.” January

  8. In groups of three, go through each book and identify examples of figurative language each author uses. Mark each page with a sticky note. Be ready to share your examples with the class. Learning Target: Identifies Literary Devices within Text Activity

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