1. Personification, Hyperbole, Similes, Metaphors, Allusions
Figurative Language
Personification, Hyperbole, Similes, Metaphors, Allusions

2. In this lesson you will learn (3 days):
8.RL.CS.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including allusions to other texts, repetition of words and phrases, and analogies.
(In other words, you will learn to recognize and define figurative language as well as how to analyze the meaning of different figurative language)

3. Today, we will learn: Definitions of, how to interpret, and how to use the following: Personification, Hyperbole, and allusion

4. Personification
Personification Taking something that isn't human and giving it actions or traits of a human The window held on to the wall and refused to open. Adventure was calling the students. Choose one of the following to personify: 1. Candy 2. a car 3. a clock or watch 4. a book 5. flowers 6. wind 7. Hope 8. fear 9. a storm

5. Charlie’s Final Fall by: Karen Katcham
He shivered violently, shook simply
As a whispering wind took his breath
He lost his grip and slipped
And he fluttered, fluttered away
"Good-bye," I whispered.
And I knew it wouldn't be long
For I could see the yellow
Eating at my own skin
The new color of my death
Then beneath me I heard
The squeals of a child
As she picked Charlie up
"Look at this yellow leaf," she cried.
"Isn't he beautiful."
And I knew it was true.
For, even yellow, my Charlie was truly beautiful
"I can't hold on," Charlie said.
And I knew it was true
For the past few days I could see it
His skin was pale, yellow
The color of his death
For the first time in our lives
We didn't look identical
I couldn't look at him
and see myself
"It's time," Charlie answered
And I knew he would go.
"Try" I whispered
My voice but a breeze
His answer just silence
Separated for the first time
since our birth
Divided for the first time
Since we blossomed together
"It's not right," I raged
And we knew it was true
Too short a time together
For brothers, twins, friends
The pain of our loss

6. What happened? What hints did the poet give you that Charlie was a leaf? How was Charlie and his twin personified?
Personification isn’t always so extensive. It is often smaller and sneaker and used to create an image in the reader’s mind.
“Thriller” by Michael Jackson
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You’re paralyzed
‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike.
“The Highway Don’t Care” by Tim McGraw
The highway won’t hold you tonight
The highway don’t know you’re alive
The highway don’t care if you’re all alone
But I do, I do.

7. Because I Could Not Stop for Death By Emily Dickenson
Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school where children played Their lessons scarcely done; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun.
We paused before a house that seemed
A swelling of the ground;
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but a mound.
Since then 'tis centuries; but each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses' heads
Were toward eternity.

8. Because I Could Not Stop For Death
What happened in this poem? What personification was used? What was the purpose of the personification? Why did she put away her Labor and her leisure? Why do you think Death took her by the school where the children played? What did the like “Their lessons scarcely done” mean?

9. Hyperbole An exaggeration
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more, just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles to fall down at your door To The Moon And Back - Savage Garden I would fly to the moon and back if you’ll be, if you’ll be my baby. Just the Way You Are” by Bruno Mars. ” Her eyes, her eyes make the stars look like they’re not shining.” “And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while.”

10. Allusion A reference to something already known in the popular culture
An allusion doesn’t tell the story of the thing it is referring to, it simply mentions it to make a point.

11. Allusions in songs

12. Team Meeting
Agenda
Poems should be finished by now, except extended metaphor. (If not, you are behind)
Summaries should be completed (if not, you are behind)
Take the poems for Analysis. Read them.
Try to determine their meaning and theme (take notes)
Mark any allusions, personification, hyperboles, (similes and metaphors if you already know them

13. Today we will learn: Definitions, how to find, and how to interpret the following: Similes and Metaphors

14. Similes
A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
Fill in the blank
1. He is as mean as ________________________________
2. The kids were as strange as _______________________
3. The boys were crying like _________________________
4. School is as fun as _______________________________
5. Apache sang like _________________________________
6. Cherokee danced like _______________________________
7. Seminole studied as hard as _________________________
8. Shawnee is as fun as _______________________________
9. Navajo is as smart as _____________________________

15. The thing is finding the simile is not the difficult thing
The thing is finding the simile is not the difficult thing? Can you find the simile Twinkle, Twinkle Little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky Can you find the simile? Easy right? The real trick is interpreting the meaning each simile.

16. Hunter’s like a big sheepdog puppy.
What is the author saying in this comparison?
We are comparing item A (Hunter) to item B (a sheepdog puppy)
Look at the traits of the thing Hunter is being compared to and determine which of those the author might be saying are like Hunter
What is a “big sheepdog puppy” like?
Lots of energy
Jumps on you
Doesn’t know its own strength, might hurt you without meaning to
Wants to play all the time
Sniff’s other dogs butts
Which of these might the author be using to describe Hunter?

17. Metaphor When you compare two unlike things by pretending one is the other. A metaphor can use the actions, appearance and/or characteristics of each thing being compared.
Mr. Bethel is a bear today. I went into his cave today and he started growling at me. The cubs were cowering in their seats. I wish he could hibernate.
Is Mr. Bethel a bear? What am I saying about him today?
Does he have a cave? Where did I go?
Were there cubs? Who was there?
Do I want him to sleep? What do I want?
UM, side note, this little example will be among us friends, if Bethel walks in the room, fling yourselves in-front of the screen to cover it. Time to take one for the team, Avery.

19. Find at least two similes Find at least two metaphors
Reminder –
Simile compares using “Like” or “as”
Metaphor pretends or says one thing IS the thing it is comparing to.

20. Interpret Similes
What are the characteristics of a plastic bag, drifting in the wind? How could they relate to a person?
What are the characteristics of a house of cards? How could they relate to a person?
What are the characteristics of a lightning bolt? How could they relate to a person?

21. Interpret metaphors What are the characteristics of a firework?
What is actually being compared here? She says “hurricane” but is talking about ____________________.
She says “rainbow” but is really talking about __________________________.
What is the connotation of this metaphor?
What is she talking about when she says “Spark” in you?
What is she telling you to do when you “ignite the lite?”
What are the characteristics of a firework?
How could those characteristics be attributed to a person?

22. Choose two of the following comparisons and write a 3 line metaphor
1. Life - a long road
2. Childhood - Merry-go-round
3. A friend - a circus (you can pick a friend or just compare friendship)
4. Parents - an animal (pick the animal except the one used with Mr. Bethel.)
5. Anger – to a natural occurrence or to weather
6. freedom - something outside
7. school - prison
8. fear - a person
9. knowledge - a meal/ food

23. Autobiography in Five Short Chapters by Portia Nelson
Chapter III
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it there.
I still fall in... it's a habit... but,
my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
Chapter IV
I walk around it.
Chapter V
I walk down another street
Chapter I
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost... I am hopeless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
Chapter II
I walk down the same street.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in this same place.
But it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

24. Is this poem really about a street with a hole?
How do you know? What is your evidence?
What does the street represent? What might the hole represent?
What is the evidence?
How does she finally get out of the hole?
How could this relate to real life?
This poem is an extended metaphor. It takes a metaphor (life is a street you move through with holes you can fall into) and extends and discusses it from all angles.
Let’s create our own extended metaphor.

25. Describe a rollercoaster
You give me a words and phrases that can describe a roller coaster. I will write them on the board Now, lets decide which of these words and phrases could also be used to metaphorically describe life. Lets put those phrases together and create a poem. The first line will be a metaphor: “Life is a rollercoaster”

26. Team meetings Continue analyzing poems
Team member who is writing the extended metaphor poem can work on that today.
If the Theme papers are not finished, they need to be finished today.