2. Daily Learning Objective
Today I will analyze figurative language using definitions and pictures with fill in notes.

3. CCSS Standards Covered
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences

4. There’s a lot that goes into “figuring out” figurative language!

5. Does it use “like” or “as”?
Is it a comparison between two things?
Yes No
Does it use “like” or “as”?
Are they exaggerating
too much or too little?
Yes No No
Yes
Simile
Metaphor
Object or idea doing
human things? ?
Too Little?
Too Much? No
Yes
Hyperbole
Understatement
Personification

6. Figurative and Literal Language
Literal: words function exactly as defined
The left fielder dropped the baseball.
Figurative: You have to figure it out
The left fielder has butterfingers.
^This is a figure of speech.

7. Figurative and Literal Language
Literal: words function exactly as defined
The boy’s room was messy.
Figurative: You have to figure it out
The boy’s room was a pigsty.
^This is a figure of speech.

8. Turn and Talk!
With your elbow partner, write one example of literal language, and one example of figurative. Hint: You can use this picture for inspiration! 
Literal:
Figurative:

9. Simile
A comparison of two different things using the word “like” or “as.”

10. Simile
Telephone wires hung like a musical score

11. Why is it a Simile? What’s being compared? How is it being compared?
Compares telephone wires to a musical score
How is it being compared?
Using the word like… hung LIKE a musical score…
What is being said by the comparison?
? Insert your own ideas here…

12. Simile
Those faces, sour as vinegar, looked down upon us.

13. Why is it a Simile? What’s being compared? How is it being compared?
Facial expressions to the taste of vinegar
How is it being compared?
Using the word as… faces, sour AS vinegar…
What is being said by the comparison
? Insert your ideas here

14. Warning! “Like” and “as” don’t always make similes.
A comparison must be made.
Not Simile: I washed the dishes as she dried them.
Simile: The dishes were as clean as the inside of a full bottle of soap.
In the first example, no comparison is made.
In the second, the cleanliness of the dishes is compared to the inside of a soap bottle.

15. Turn and Talk!
With your elbow partner, write one example of a simile using like, and one using as. Hint: You may use the pictures below for inspiration!

16. Metaphor
A comparison of two different things DIRECTLY - without using the word “like” or “as.” (words you might see: is, was, are, etc…)

17. Metaphor
Music is my life.

18. Why is it a metaphor? What’s being compared? How is it being compared?
Music and life
How is it being compared?
DIRECTLY. Music IS my life.
What is being said by the comparison?
? Insert your own ideas here…
Cartoon: That life and music are both repetitive and don’t last long (fleeting).

19. Metaphor
Flowers of thought blossom while reading

20. Why is it a metaphor? What’s being compared? How is it being compared?
Compares thinking to blossoming flowers
How is it being compared?
DIRECTLY. Flowers of thought BLOSSOM.
What is being said by the comparison?
? Insert your own ideas here…

21. Turn and Talk!
With your elbow partner, write two examples of metaphors. Hint: You may use the pictures below for inspiration!

22. Personification
Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things (i.e. objects or ideas).

23. Personification

24. Why is it personification?
What is being given human-like traits or qualities?
The stars
What is the human-like trait or quality they are given?
The ability to hide
Why use it?
? Insert your ideas here…

25. Personification
Or trees that whisper in some far, small town

26. Why is it Personification?
What is being given human-like traits or qualities?
The trees
What is the human-like trait or quality they are given?
The ability to whisper
Why use it?
? Insert your ideas here…

27. Turn and Talk!
With your elbow partner, write two examples of personification. Hint: You may use the pictures below for inspiration!

28. Allusion
Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.

29. Literary Allusion

30. Why is it Allusion? What story is being alluded to? Why use it?
The Tortoise and the Hare – it doesn’t describe it in detail, you would have to know something about the story to understand the cartoon.
Why use it?
? Insert your ideas here…

31. Literary Allusion ?

32. Why is it Allusion?

33. Turn and Talk!
With your elbow partner, figure out what the two pictures below are literary allusions to. Hint: Biblical Story.

34. The Biblical Adam and Eve, Garden of Eden Story – “the forbidden fruit”

35. Hyperbole
Exaggerating to express a strong feeling

36. Hyperbole
I will love you until the end of time.

37. Why is it hyperbole? What strong feeling is being exaggerated?
love
Why is it an exaggeration?
We won’t actually live until the end of time…
Why use it?
? Insert your ideas here

38. Hyperbole
My dad would kill me if he knew about this.

39. Why is it hyperbole? What strong feeling is being exaggerated?
Dad’s anger
Why is it an exaggeration?
Dad isn’t going to kill his own child; he’s just going to be very, very angry.
Why use it?
? Insert your ideas here

40. Turn and Talk!
With your elbow partner, write two examples of hyperbole. Hint: You may use the pictures below for inspiration!

41. Understatement Expression with less strength than expected.
The opposite of hyperbole.

42. Understatement
The guillotine will give you a bad hair day.

43. Why is it Understatement?
What is being understated?
The results of the guillotine
Why is it an under-exaggeration?
The results would be MUCH worse than bad hair.
Why use it?
? Insert your ideas here

44. Understatement
Kidnapping your host is considered rude.

45. Why is it Understatement?
What is being understated?
That kidnapping is rude
Why is it an under-exaggeration?
This would be CRIMINAL – much worse than rude.
Why use it?
? Insert your ideas here

46. Turn and Talk!
With your elbow partner, write two examples of understatement. Hint: You may use the pictures below for inspiration!

47. Let’s Practice with Whiteboards and Pictures!
IDENTIFY which type of figurative language is used in the following slides.

49. Comparing how happy I am to a clam using the word AS.
Simile!
Comparing how happy I am to a clam using the word AS.

51. Over exaggerating how heavy the bag is.
Hyperbole!
Over exaggerating how heavy the bag is.

53. Personification!
Giving humanlike qualities and characteristics (smiles, faces, voices) to non-human things (cars).

55. Allusion!
Alluding to the story of Pinocchio and what happens to his nose when lying.

57. There is more than tension – this situation has escalated to violence.
Understatement
There is more than tension – this situation has escalated to violence.

59. Comparing the frog’s eyes to sparkling diamonds using the word LIKE.
Simile!
Comparing the frog’s eyes to sparkling diamonds using the word LIKE.

61. Comparing someone to a weasel – a DIRECT comparison.
Metaphor!
Comparing someone to a weasel – a DIRECT comparison.

63. Comparing how deeply we slept to a log using the word LIKE.
Simile!
Comparing how deeply we slept to a log using the word LIKE.

65. Comparing the word to an oyster DIRECTLY using the word IS.
Metaphor
Comparing the word to an oyster DIRECTLY using the word IS.

67. There is more than water on pavement here – this is a major flood!
Understatement
There is more than water on pavement here – this is a major flood!

68. Let’s Practice with Whiteboards and Text!
IDENTIFY which type of figurative language is used in the following slides.

69. Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten,1
Let it be forgotten as a flower is forgotten,

70. Answer
This is a simile because it compares a thing that should be forgotten to a flower.

71. 2
Your hand was honey-comb to heal, Your voice a web to bind.

72. Answer
This is a metaphor because the subject’s hand was compared to honey-comb and the subject’s voice was compared to a web. The speaker did not use like or as.

73. 3
After smashing through the garage door Alex acknowledge that he may have parked a little too close to the house.

74. Answer
This is an understatement because Alex parked more than a little too close.

75. 4
The brooks laugh louder when I come, The breezes madder play.

76. Answer
This is personification because the brooks are given the ability to laugh and the breezes are given the ability to play.

77. 5
There are some, like stars, that dwell apart, In a fellowless firmament;

78. Answer
This is simile because some are compared to stars using the word like.

79. 6
And there will I keep you forever,
   Yes, forever and a day,
 Till the walls shall crumble to ruin,
   And molder in dust away!

80. Answer
This is hyperbole because the speaker is exaggerating how long he will keep the person. You can’t add a day to forever without exaggerating.

81. 7
Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice sleeps.

82. Answer
This is personification because freedom is given the ability to weep, wrong is given the ability to rule, and justice is given the ability to sleep.

83. 8
The painted leaves are strewn
 
Along the winding way.

84. Answer
This is a metaphor because the coloration of the leaves is compared to paint without using the word like or as.

85. 9
Jeff probably should have said “Thanks” after Vic saved his life.

86. Answer
This is an understatement because if someone saves another’s life, more gratitude is expected than the informal “Thanks.”

87. 10
The graveyard of my soul is filled with flowers, so that I may stroll in meditation, at my ease.

88. Answer
This is a metaphor because the speaker compares his soul to a graveyard without using the word like or as.