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The Language of Poetry. Standard 0701.8.13 Identify figurative language in poetry and explain how figurative language contributes to the poem’s meaning and to the poem’s effect. Definition: a comparison between two seemingly unlike things using like , as, than , and resembles
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The Language of Poetry Standard 0701.8.13 Identify figurative language in poetry and explain how figurative language contributes to the poem’s meaning and to the poem’s effect.
Definition: a comparison between two seemingly unlike things using like, as,than, and resembles Example: My dog is as smelly as dirty socks. Practice: Identify the simile in the following poem. Flint An emerald is as green as grass,A ruby red as blood;A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone,To catch the world's desire;An opal holds a fiery spark;But a flint holds a fire. Christina Rossetti 1830-1894 Simile
My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socksby Hanoch Piven Project: Make an illustrated book of similes in which you compare people in your life to seemingly different objects. Book Checklist: ___Must include at least 4 people from your life. ___Must contain at least 3 similes per person for a total of 12 similes. ___Each simile must be illustrated. ___A portrait must be made of each person using the objects from the similes. DUE ON FRIDAY, 1/15, FOR A TEST GRADE!
Definition: a comparison between two seeming different things that does NOT use like, as, than, or resembles . Example:Life ain’t no crystal stair. Practice: Identify the metaphors in the following poem. Metaphor Metaphor for a Family My family lives inside a medicine chest: Dad is the super-size band aid, strong and powerfulbut not always effective in a crisis.Mom is the middle-size tweezer,which picks and pokes and pinches.David is the single small aspirin on the third shelf,sometimes ignored.Muffin, the sheep dog, is a round cotton ball, stained and dirty, that pops off the shelf and bounces in my way as I open the door.And I am the wood and glue which hold us all together with my love.
“Metaphor for a Family” • Choose an object that has several parts. • Brainstorm at least 4 people important in your life and brainstorm how they compare to parts of the object you have chosen. • Write your rough draft of a poem in which you use metaphors to detail how the people important to you compare to the parts of the object you have chosen. Poem Checklist: ___Must include at least 4 people important to you ___Must be about one object that has many parts. ___Must use at least one metaphor to relate each person to a part of the object for a total of 4 metaphors. ___Must explain why or how each of the 4 people are similar to the parts of the object. ___Must be at least 12 lines.