1. Check In Grab your IAN Get ready for DLR Questions to the PL
LA Countdown

2. Prison… Explain!

3. Figurative Language Foldables
Color Coding and Labels
Figurative Language Foldables
Simile Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Hyperbole
Allusion
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Cutting and Gluing
Cut the heading and glue to the top of your page.
Cut out around the big rectangle
Snip on the horizontal lines

4. A comparison of two UNLIKE things using the words like or as
The teacher buzzed around the classroom like a bumblebee to flowers
Simile

5. A comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing is a dissimilar object or thing
The football team is a sinking ship.
Ms. Mourdock can be a monster or an angel.
Metaphor

6. Choose a topic from science to illustrate using a simile or metaphor.
On your sheet, label your figurative language, write the sentence, draw an illustration, and explain your comparison or exaggeration on the back (3-5 sentence minimum)
Today’s assignment

7. Sort and Convert Activity… Directions
Read each sentence and decide if it is a simile or a metaphor.
Write the sentence in the correct column in your chart.
If it is a simile, change it to a metaphor and write the new sentence opposite the original in the chart. If it is a metaphor, change it to a simile. The first one is done for you.
Sort and Convert Activity… Directions

8. Metaphor about VOLCANOES!
Volcanoes are huge safety valves that release the pressure that builds up inside the Earth
Metaphor about VOLCANOES!

9. The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words
I dove into Dunkin Donuts for a delicious donut.
Peter paid for the pretty poster.
Alliteration

10. Personification giving HUMAN qualities to non-human things.
My alarm screamed at me that it was time to roll out of bed this morning.
The trees danced in the wind.
Personification

11. Hyperbole an exaggeration that can’t possibly be true.
My book bag weighs a ton!
She’s lighter than a feather.

12. Allusion
A reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, sports, or the arts.
Her nose should look like Pinnochio’s with all the lies she tells!
It looks like the Civil War just broke out!

13. Idiom
A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their literal meaning
Mark has a chip on his shoulder because his football team keeps losing!
It started raining cats and dogs over the break!

14. Onomatopoeia The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
Ex. Cars honked and buzzed by as the city streets filled during rush hour
The bacon sizzled in the hot skillet.
Onomatopoeia