1. Mrs. Cornish Seventh Grade Language Arts Fred Lynn Middle School “ Knowledge crowns those who seek her.”

2. SOL Objective 7.4C Students will be able to identify and analyze figurative language.

3. Learning Target When I read text, I can identify and analyze figurative language, particularly sound devices, at least 4 out of every 5 instances. Behavior: I can identify and analyze figurative language Condition: When I read text Success: At least 4 out of every 5 instance

4. What is figurative language?  Onomatopoeia  Alliteration  Repetition Figurative language is language used by writers or speakers to give the reader or listener a fresh, vivid mental picture of what they are talking about. It differs from literal, everyday language in which you say exactly what you mean. It differs from literal, everyday language in which you say exactly what you mean. Types of figurative language include:  Rhyme  Assonance  Consonance

5. Literary Comparisons Onomatopoeia – the effect created by words that have sounds that reinforce their meaning. The word imitates the sound being made. Example: "Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinng! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room." - Richard Wright, Native Son, 1940 Alliteration - the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words Example: She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

6. Examples of Onomatopoeia and Alliteration With your shoulder partner, identify the literary device used in each sentence below. Explain your choice. How do the words chosen and the figurative language impact your understanding of each sentence? 1. Click-clack, click-clack, the hoofs went past/Who takes the dead coach travels fast 2. Big, booming boys made their banjos beat 3. Lord, confound my surly sister/Blight her brow with blotch and blister 4. Pound on the table/ Hard as they were able/Boom, boom, boom

7. Learning Target When I read text, I can identify and analyze figurative language at least 4 out of every 5 instances. Behavior: I can identify and analyze figurative language Condition: When I read text Success: At least 4 out of every 5 instance

8. Repetition - The repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm or to emphasize an idea Example: Rhyme in songs examplesRhyme in songs examples

9. Types of Repetition Assonance – figurative language in which two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds Example: Go and mow the lawn, Joe. Consonance – figurative language in which repetitive sounds produced by consonants are within a sentence or phrase. This is usually found at the end of the words. Example: He struck a streak of bad luck.

10. Examples of Repetition With your shoulder partner, identify the use of repetition in the lines below. Explain the purpose of the figurative language and its impact on your understanding of the quotations. My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. (Excerpt from Richard III by William Shakespeare) A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed. (Excerpt from the theme song of Mr. Ed.

11. Rhyme - A pattern of lines that rhyme in poetry. There are many different common rhyme schemes: AABB, ABAB, and AAAB (to name a few) Example:I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all difference - “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

12. Types of Rhyme End rhyme - The rhyming of words at the end of two or more lines of poetry Example: She always had to burn a light Beside her attic bed at night. - “The Night Light” by Robert Frost Internal rhyme - The rhyming of words within one line of poetry Example: Jack Sprat could eat no fat Peter Peter pumpkin eater

13. Examples of Rhyme With your face partner, identify the type of rhyme in the poems below. Explain your choice. How does the figurative language impact your understanding of the poem? Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. The Raven (Excerpt) Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door…..

14. Learning Target When I read text, I can identify and analyze figurative language at least 4 out of every 5 instances. Behavior: I can identify and analyze figurative language Condition: When I read text Success: At least 4 out of every 5 instance

15. Individual Work Work on the “Sound Devices” packet

16. Exit Ticket Write a poem of 4 lines which has end rhyme in which you tell about your weekend. Include either alliteration or onomatopoeia.

17. Home-work Complete the “Sound Devices” packet