(Agenda)

• Warm-up: Silent Reading (5 min)• Mini-Lesson: Figurative Language & Notes (35

min)• Silent Reading: Three Examples (15 min)

Monday, April 22, 2013

Please retrieve your folder and your journal. Thanks!

Warm-up: Please read silently out of your personal reading book.

Notes

• We will be taking notes on figurative language:– IDIOM– ONOMATOPOEIA– ALLITERATION– SIMILE– METAPHOR– HYPERBOLE– PERSONIFICATION

• Your notes: WORD + DEFINITION + EXAMPLE

Figurative Language

• Idiom: A saying that does NOT mean what it really says– Do you have a chip on your shoulder?– Was this a piece of cake?– Am I all bark and no bite?– Do you have a green thumb?

Figurative Language

• Onomatopoeia: Words that represent sounds– KABOOM! CRASH! CLICK!– The clanging pots and pans woke the baby.– The wolves howled at the moon.– The racecar driver revved his engine.– The bacon sizzled in the pan.

Figurative Language

• Alliteration: 2+ words that start with the same consonant sound– Becky’s beagle barked and bayed, becoming

bothersome for Billy.– Carrie’s cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.– Vee

Figurative Language

• Simile: Comparison using like or as– Her hair is yellow LIKE the sun– He is as brave AS a lion.

Figurative Language

• Metaphor: Comparison using is or a similar word (and NOT using like or as)– Time IS a thief.– Laughter IS the music of the soul.

Figurative Language• Hyperbole: Extreme

exaggeration– I am so hungry I could eat a

horse. – I have a million things to do. – I had a ton of homework. – If I can’t buy that new

game, I will die.

Figurative Language• Personification: Giving human qualities to

non-humans– The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.– The first rays of morning tiptoed through the

meadow.– My computer throws a fit every time I try to use it.

Silent Reading• Try to find at least THREE examples in your

reading today (any combination). – 2 alliteration & 1 idiom– 3 similes– 1 hyperbole, 1 onomatopoeia, 1 metaphor– Etc.