Figurative Language Review

Figurative Language Review Sarah Jung 6th Grade Language Arts

Learner Objectives: • You will review figurative language techniques • You will be able to distinguish what type of figures speech are being used • You will be able to identify and label figurative language techniques within poetry • You will be able to create your own examples of figurative language

Table of contents • Directions to Student • Simile • Metaphor • Onomatopoeia • Personification • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Idioms • Identify Examples • Identify and label examples within poem • Firework • Generate your own examples You can return to this slide at anytime, by clicking on the bookworm!

Directions: • Read through each slide carefully to review the figurative language techniques we have discussed in class. • In your poetry notebook, you will need to identify the examples of figurative language (Slide 11 and 12) • In your poetry notebook, you will need to identify and label figurative language techniques used within a poem or song. (Slide 13 and 14) • In your poetry notebook, you will need to generate your own examples. (Slide 15)

Simile-Comparison of two unlike things using like or as • The stars in the dark sky were shining bright like diamonds . (The stars are being compared to diamonds, because they are both shiny.) • The runner was as fast as ajet during the race. (The runner is being compared to a jet because she is so fast.)

Metaphor-Comparison of two unlike things saying one thing is or becomes the other • In the morning, my dad is a bear waking from his winter nap. (Dad is a bear, because he is grouchy.) • The classroom was a circus while the teacher was in the hallway. (The classroom was a circus, because the students were acting loud and crazy.)

Onomatopoeia- the use of words that sound like the words they describe • We could hear the bacon sizzle in the skillet. • Snap! Crackle! Pop! • Boom! We heard a loud crash of thunder.

Personification-Giving human like characteristics to a nonhuman object • The leaves were dancing in the wind. (leaves were dancing) • The baseball screamed into the outfield. (baseball screamed)

Alliteration-the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line • Silly Sally slid on the slippery slide. • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. • Zippy zebras zigzagged through the zoo.

Hyperbole-Exaggeration used to make a point or for dramatic effect • I am so hungry I could eat a million hamburgers. • I could sleep forever, I am so tired. • My book bag weighs a ton. I had to drag it all the way home.

Idioms-Figurative speech that becomes common sayings • Logan marches to his own drummer. • My grandma is as old as dirt. • Mrs. Jung snapped my head off when I didn’t have my homework.

In your poetry notebook, identify what figurative language technique is being used. You may look back through the slides as needed. Good Luck! 1. A good book is food for the imagination. 2. The tree branched tapped on the window, asking to be let in. 3. I wished and wished and wished and wished for the winter winds to wind down. 4. Mrs. Jung melted like butter when Jon Bon Jovi came into her classroom.

5. Life is like a box of chocolates. 6. The teacher told Parker to zip his lips. 7. The pans clinked and clanked together. 8. “When pigs fly!” my grandmother says.

In your poetry notebook, identify and label all the figurative language techniques in the poem below. CAMPING Crack! Crack! The fire crackles under the stars. Sizzle! Sizzle!The water sizzles above the fire.Crunch! Crunch!The campers crunching on potato chips.Click! Clack! Click! Clack!The tent poles clicking and clacking together.Rustle! Rustle!As we prepare our sleeping bags to go to sleep.Chirp! Chirp!The crickets say, “good-night” Author Unknown

“Firework”, Katy Perry • As you watch the video for Katy Perry’s song “Firework” identify the figurative language techniques used in the song • Identify 2 similes , 2 metaphors , and 2 hyperboles. • Click on link below. FIREWORK

Now, it is your turn to generate your own example for each technique listed below in your poetry notebook. • Simile • Metaphor • Onomatopoeia • Personification • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Idiom *Look back if you need to!

Resources • Dicovery Education. (2013). Retrieved from http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/category/anim0006.html • Perry, K. (2012, October ). Katie Perry Firework Lyrics [Video file]. Retrieved from You Tube website: http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=lJ8oDE1dSmA

Figurative Language Review