1. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 1 Journal Please take out your journals and answer the following question: If you could be any animal, what would you be? Why?

2. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 2 Figurative Language Figurative language enhances poetry. Simile Metaphor Oxymoron Hyperbole Alliteration Onomatopoeia Please take notes about each literary term.

3. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 3 Metaphor- a comparison between two unlike things not using the words “like” or “as” My teacher is such a monster! He has the heart of a lion. Simile- a comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as” She drives like a bat out of hell. The man is as tall as a tree.

4. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 4 Oxymoron- contradictory terms side by side Please act naturally when you meet Justin Bieber. If the zombie apocalypse comes, beware the living dead ! Hyperbole- extreme exaggeration His eyes were glued to the ground. She needs a sandblaster to remove her makeup.

5. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 5 Alliteration- repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words The b oy b roke his b ack b y the b ay. Sh e sh opped for sh oes sh rouded in sh adow. Onomatopoeia- words imitate sounds The pig oink ed as it rolled through the mud. The basketball swish ed through the net.

6. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 6 Practice In your groups, read the short poems and highlight examples of figurative language. Pass your poems clockwise. Highlight examples of figurative language in your new poems. Repeat.

7. Free Powerpoint Templates Page 7 Assignment Write a Haiku using at least one type of figurative language. A white plastic spork Met three silver spoons last night. Stuck-up spoons are dumb. Write a Haiku using at least one type of figurative language. A white plastic spork 5 syllables Met three silver spoons last night. 7 Stuck-up spoons are dumb. 5