Poetry Notes: Day 2 Figurative Language, Hyperbole, Personification, Metaphor, & Simile

Concrete Details Create Emotion! 1.What is the saddest make and model of a car? (include more description if you like) 2.What is the happiest type of tree? 3.What is the most adventurous writing utensil? (be very, very specific) 4.What is the most romantic food?

Concrete Details Create Emotion Abstract = big IDEAS (love, life, loneliness, death) Concrete = things we can touch and feel and see (a desk, a cow, a person)

Concrete Details Create Emotion As human beings, it is often easier for us to understand big abstract ideas by relating them to concrete things. This is one reason figurative language is so much a part of poetry (and of our everyday lives).

Figurative Language Figurative language – language that uses words or expressions that go beyond the words’ literal meaning Ex. Your mother is a cow. (metaphor) Life is like a box of chocolates. (simile) Yo momma is so dumb, not even Google could translate her. (hyperbole)

Hyperbole Hyperbole – a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration Ex. “Your backpack weighs a ton!” “I was so embarrassed, I died.” “Yo momma so fat, she sat on an iPhone and turned it into an iPad.”

Personification Personification – a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate (non-human) objects or ideas human characteristics Ex. “The wind cried in the dark.” “The fire swallowed the entire forest.” “Looks at my car. She’s a beauty, yeah?”

Metaphor Metaphor: a direct comparison between two things (NOT using like or as!) Ex:“My love is a red, red rose” “The pearl was a perfect moon” “The shadow of death”

Simile Simile: a comparison between two things using “like” or “as” Ex:“Kino pounced as fiercely as a tiger” “My words are like a waterfall” “I flow like the ocean”

Figurative Language Warm-Up What does the wind taste like in the painting you are about to see? On your paper, write down: The wind tastes like... Answer in as many ways as possible.

Describe the TASTE of the WIND in this picture using 3 SIMILES “the wind tastes like ____”

Figurative Language Creation Choose one partner who is near you Move your desk close to theirs

Hyperbole Creation Create each of the following… 1.A “Yo’ mama” joke 2.An exaggeration about how hard / easy a class is (you pick which one) 3.An exaggeration about how much better Northern is than Riverside

Personification In 1-2 sentences, describe an old car breaking down, but give it human qualities. (Is it sad? Wheezing? Giving up?)

Simile Create similes that start with: -A good friend is like… -Falling in love is like… -He/she was as pretty/handsome as… Follow each simile with a brief phrase that tells us why the comparison makes sense.

Simile Examples A good friend is like bacon – it makes everything better! Falling in love is like being lost in a jungle – it’s terrifying! She was as pretty as bucket of nails – her features were sharp, and she looked like she might hurt me.

Metaphor Compare 3 abstract ideas to concrete nouns. Ex: Loneliness is a desert. -Love is… -Life is… -Hope is…