1. Literary Elements SOL 8.5c Get your notebooks out and turn to the next blank page!

2. SIMILE  figure of speech that uses the words like or as to make comparisons 

3. Simile Fly like a bird

4. Simile Cold as ice

5. Simile Dumb as a doornail

6. Simile Write four of your own similes in your notes section of Cornell notes Remember compare two things using LIKE or AS Do this assignment quick as lighting!

7. Metaphor figure of speech that implies comparisons

8. Metaphor The world is a stage! –Shakespeare

9. Metaphor Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair- Langston Hughes

10. Metaphor A comfortable sofa is fertile soil for the couch potato.

11. Metaphor Write four of your own metaphors in your notes section of Cornell notes Remember you are comparing two things NOT using like or as Understanding metaphors will make you smarter than Einstein!

12. Personification figure of speech that applies human characteristics to non- human objects

13. Personification The pumpkin smiled at me with an evil glare

14. Personification The plate licked his lips ready for the meal ahead

15. Personification The bird sang more sweetly than a child

16. Personification Write or draw four of your own personifications in your notes section of Cornell notes Remember you are giving human characteristics to a animal or thing If you do this correctly your teacher will smile more brightly than a hyena!

17. Hyperbole Said: High Per Bowl E intentionally exaggerated figure of speech.

18. Hyperbole I’m so hungry I could eat a horse

19. Hyperbole I’m so angry I could explode

20. Hyperbole If you don’t buy me what I want I will die!!!!

21. Hyperbole Listen to “Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony” by Shel Silverstein How does this story turn from one with a major hyperbole to one that has no hyperboles?

22. Hyperbole Write four of your own hyperboles in your notes section of Cornell notes Remember you are greatly exaggerating something! If you don’t do this correctly your teacher will explode into a thousand pieces. (NOT a reason to do it wrong!)

23. “Literary Lexicon” Literary Go Fish! “Literary Lexicon” On the index cards write: Simile (On the top of four cards) Metaphor(On the top of four cards) Personification(On the top of four cards) Hyperbole(On the top of four cards) You should have a total of 16 cards when you are done

24. Literary Lexicon! On each of your cards write an example for the literary terms you placed in your notebook. Below the examples draw pictures that relate to the example Just like Ms. Potter did in the power point presentation

25. Simile Fly like a bird

26. Literary Lexicon! I will be splitting you into groups of four. (You will NOT be choosing your own groups) Once you have been split into groups you will place all your cards together to create a “book” of cards.

27. Rules of Literary Lexicon! Choose a dealer for the cards The dealer will give each player 5 cards Place the remaining cards in the middle of the desks

28. Rules of Literary Lexicon! The dealer will then ask any ONE player if he/she has any: Similes, metaphors, personifications, or hyperboles. If the person does they will hand over ALL of that literary term that they have. If the person does not they will state: “Start Reading” and the person will take a card out of the group card pile

29. Rules of Literary Lexicon! four Once a player has collected four of any literary element they have become an author of a “book” and they may place them to the side At the end of the game whoever has become author of the most “books” has won!

30. And that was Literary Lexicon!

31. Thank you