January 9th Day 1 AgendaBell Ringer: Now that your personal

narrative is finished, name one way you feel your writing has improved over the past several weeks.

Foresight Score Data with Mrs. HallNew SeatsFigurative Language- What is it?Personification: Definition and

ExamplesStart HW

Discuss with your partner…Which of the following figurative

language terms do you remember?

◦Personification◦Simile◦Metaphor◦Hyperbole◦Alliteration◦Onomatopoeia

Figurative Vs. Literal Language:Which sentence is the most boring???

The Steelers defense was like a bulldozer to the Ravens offense.

The Steelers were cheetahs and the Ravens were mice.The football licked the goal line, securing a Steelers victory. The Steelers won the NFL playoff game against the Ravens.The cheers of Steelers fans were so loud, they shook Heinz

field.The Steelers felt the sweet smell of success on Sunday. The crowd could hear the crush and crack of Ben’s helmet

when he was hit.

Literal Versus Figurative LanguageLiteral: language is true to fact.

It uses words according to their actual meaning.

Figurative language: makes comparisons between unrelated things or ideas, in order to show something about a subject.

PersonificationDefinition: Giving human qualities or ideas

to nonhuman things such as hearing, feeling, talking, or making decisions

Comes from the Greek prosopa, meaning “face” or “mask”

Examples:◦ Her stomach growled.◦ My phone died.◦ The oven timer told me it was time to take the

cookies out.◦ My locker hates me.◦ The car engine coughed when it started.◦ These shoes are killing me.◦ Other examples you can think of?

Summer Grass by Carl SandburgSummer grass aches and whispers.It wants something;It calls out and sings;It pours out wishes to the overhead stars.The rain hears;The rain answers;The rain is slow coming;The rain wets the face of the Grass.

*underline the nonhuman thing and circle the human quality

Complete the following examples with a partner:

The winter wrapped its icy claws around Northeast Pennsylvania.

The alarm clock screeched that it was time to get up. 

Fear grabbed me as I heard footsteps behind me.

The washer sputtered and groaned as it removed the mud from the knees of my old jeans.

The printer spit out more copies than I needed.

The branches of the tree pointed to the old dirt road.

The flood waters swallowed the trees in one big gulp.

The stars winked at us from the night sky.

Listening to the piano sing its happy tune made me want to dance.

That carrot cake with the cream cheese icing is calling my name.

Agenda: January 10th Day 2Bell Ringer:

1. Define personification. 2. Write down one example of personification.

SSRGo over HWSimiles: Definitions and ExamplesMetaphors: Definitions and

ExamplesStart HW

SimileDefinition: a comparison between two

different objects that uses “like” or “as” to make the comparison.

A is like BComes from the Latin word similes, meaning

“similar”Examples:

◦He ran as fast as a cheetah.◦My hair looks like flowing ocean waves at

midnight.◦My hands are as rough as the skin of a crocodile.◦Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know

what you’re gonna get.

Important!Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make

a simile.

Not a Simile: I like pizza.Simile: The moon is like a pizza.

A comparison must be made.

Willow and Ginkgoby Eve MerriamThe willow is like an etching,Fine-lined against the sky.The ginkgo is like a crude sketch,Hardly worthy to be signed.The willow’s music is like a

soprano,Delicate and thin.The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorusWith everyone joining in.

The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf;The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull.The willow’s branches are like silken thread;The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.

The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair;

Wherever it grows, there is green and gold and fair.

The willow dips to the water,Protected and precious, like the king’s

favorite daughter.

The ginkgo forces its way through gray concrete;

Like a city child, it grows up in the street.

Thrust against the metal sky,Somehow it survives and even

thrives.My eyes feast upon the willow,But my heart goes to the ginkgo.

MetaphorMeans “transference” in GreekThe writer transfers the qualities

from one thing to another thing. Compares two things, but does

NOT use “like” or “as” to make the comparison

A is B.

Identify the 2 things being compared in these metaphors an explain in what way they are alike.

The lake was a huge mirror in the moonlight.

The playground became a lake after the thunderous rain.

Men are dogs.My heart’s a stereo.

Which are similes and which are metaphors?

Jenny sings like a bird.Mary is a pack rat.We always go to the beach for vacation.The dancer moved around the stage like a

spinning top.As my sister ran to the room, my brother said,

“Let’s hide from her!”We could not persuade her to go with us.My friend is a stubborn mule.Our lawn is a green carpet from the fence to

the street.He hit that ball a mile away.

Dreams by Langston HughesHold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.

January 11th Day 3Bell Ringer:

1. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?2. Is the following statement a simile or a metaphor? Blood seeped out of the wound like teardrops.

SSRGo over HWAlliteration: Definition and ExamplesHyperbole: Definition and ExamplesStart HW

AlliterationDefinition: repeated consonant sounds at the

beginning of wordsMakes certain words stand outMakes the reader feel a certain mood when

read out loud

Then up and spake an old sailor,Had sailed to the Spanish Main,

“I pray thee, put into yonder port,For I fear a hurricane.”

 - Henry W. Longfellow, “The Wreck of

Hesperus”

Hear the loud alarum bells—Brazen bells!

What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!

 - Edgar Allen Poe, “The Bells”

Swing low, sweet chariot,Comin’ for to carry me home.

 - Traditional Spiritual

HyperboleDefinition: an exaggeration that is so dramatic

that no one would believe the statement is true

Examples:I could sleep for a year.This box weighs a ton.My mom’s gonna kill me.His eyes were as round as saucers.I nearly died laughing. I’ve told you a million times not to exaggerate.Come up with 2 more on your own!

The blue bells were broken by Billy Brown.The mountain of paperwork weighed heavily on the

teacher’s desk.Randy's house was so big that it took a week to

walk from one end to the other.The leaves danced in the summer breeze.After Mindy ate her mother's garlic bread, she could

singe any one's eyebrows off with her breath.Sarah’s hair was a curtain of yellow silk against her

back.The engagement ring Steven gave Miranda was so

small that a magnifying glass was needed to see it.He was so skinny that when he turned sideways he

was as thin as a nickel.The oak tree’s limbs stretched in the sunlight.My mother’s lecture on good manners lasted two

weeks one afternoon.

Agenda: January 12th Day 4Bell Ringer:

1. Define alliteration.2. Write an example of an alliteration.3. Define hyperbole.4. Write an example of a hyperbole.

SSRGo over HWOnomatopoeia: Definition and

examplesFigurative Language in Song

Lyrics

Onomatopoeia: a word whose sound suggests it’s meaning

It's sort of whack, whir, wheeze, whineSputter, splat, squirt, scrapeClink, clank, clunk, clatterCrash, bang, beep, buzzRing, rip, roar, retchTwang, toot, tinkle, thudPop, plop, plunk, POWSnort, snuck, sniff, smackScreech, splash, squish, squeakJingle, rattle, squeal, boingHonk, hoot, hack, belch."

(Todd Rundgren, "Onomatopoeia")

January 13th Day 5Bell Ringer: Figurative

Language MatchingSSRFinish Figurative Language in

Song LyricsStart HW (Beatles Examples)

Bell RingerFigurative Language Definition

Alliteration Giving human qualities to ideas and things

Onomatopoeia Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Metaphor A comparison using “like” or “as”

Simile Words whose sounds suggests their meaning

Personification A comparison that does not use “like” or “as”

Hyperbole An extreme exaggeration

Agenda: January 17th Day 6Bell RingerBook ChatsGo over HWFigurative Language Review:

Trashketball

Agenda: January 18th Day 1Bell RingerSSRFigurative Language QuizIntroduction to Poetry