Understanding Literal and Figurative Meanings in Poetry

2. Main Lesson AIM:Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words.

3. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Intro What is Poetry?

4. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Poetry uses both figurative and literal meanings of words. Literal language tells you exactly what happened. “…the boy fell on his back on the sidewalk, and his legs flew up.” – Thank you Ma’m by Langston Hughes

5. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Poetry uses both figurative and literal meanings of words. Figurative language puts a picture in the reader’s mind. the boy hit the sidewalk like a sack of potatoes.

6. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Literal language tells you exactly what happened. one of the two boys heard a very loud sound overhead.

7. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Figurative language puts a picture in the reader’s mind. “one of the two boys …. looks up to listen to a tremendous screeching roar from overhead.” - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Sterling

8. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Put some life to this ‘literal’ sentence that describes the sun: I think the sun is a star, That comes out for just one hour.

9. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Figurative language puts a picture in the reader’s mind. “I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.” - All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

10. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Main Lesson Put “life” to the following everyday objects so that you’ll have a mental picture of the object:

11. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Put “life” to the following everyday objects so that you’ll have a mental picture of the object: Literal: The chairs were brightly colored Figurative: The Chairs were like colors in a flag.

12. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Put “life” to the following everyday objects so that you’ll have a mental picture of the object: Literal: Figurative:

13. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Literal: Figurative:

14. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Literal: Figurative:

15. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Literal: Figurative:

16. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Literal: Figurative:

17. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Literal: Figurative:

18. Figurative Language Review: • A writers tool • It helps the reader to visualize (see) what the writer is thinking • It puts a picture in the readers mind

19. Examples of Figurative Language Similes and Metaphors

20. Simile • A simile is used to compare two things • It uses the words “like” or “as” to make comparisons.

21. Simile • My new puppy is like a big furry ball.

22. Metaphor • A metaphor is used to compare two things • Instead of saying something is “like” or “as” --- a metaphor states that it just IS.

23. Metaphor • John’s mind is a computer.

24. Metaphor • Ginger is an angel.

25. Imagery – • the use of words to create a mental picture of something. For example, if you read the words “the sea was calm,” you create a calm sea in your imagination.

26. Symbolism the use of one thing to represent something else. Literally, a country’s flag is just a piece of cloth but symbolically it means patriotism and love of country.

27. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Read along to yourself with Southbound on the Freeway as the teacher reads it aloud. Look for uses of figurative language and underline all the examples that you can find.

28. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. A tourist came in from Orbitville, parked in the air, and said: The creatures of this starare made of metal and glass. Explain the use of figurative Language in the poem

29. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Through the transparent partsyou can see their guts. Their feet are round and rollon diagrams--or long measuring tapes--dark with white lines. Explain the use of figurative Language in the poem

30. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Explain the use of figurative Language in the poem They have four eyes.The two in the back are red.

31. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Sometimes you can see a 5-eyed one, with a red eye turning on the top of his head. He must be special- the others respect him,and go slow, when he passes, winding among them from behind. Explain the use of figurative Language in the poem

32. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. They all hiss as they glide,like inches, down the marked tapes. Those soft shapes, shadowy inside the hard bodies--are they their guts or their brains? Explain the use of figurative Language in the poem

33. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Check for Understanding: What is the poet imagining in “Southbound on the Freeway”? 

34. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Check for Understanding: Who is the speaker of the poem “Southbound on the Freeway”? 

35. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Check for Understanding: Each detail in “Southbound on the Freeway” is a clue to the riddle.

36. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Check for Understanding: What is the “tourist” looking at?

37. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. See if you can identify all the clues by completing these “equations”: guts = ?

38. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. tapes = ? 5-eyed one = ? feet = ? eyes = ?

39. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Suppose you are driving one of the cars south- bound on the freeway. You look up and see this tourist parked in the air. Think of some figures of speech you’d use to describe this to your friends. 

40. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Quote from the Author: Haven’t cars in our world really become ….more important than people?” 

41. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Haven’t cars in our world really become ….more important than people?”  What do you think about this quote?

42. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Guided Practice: Using what you know about literal and figurative language, write 5 figurative sentences about 5 common things you see in the classroom, school, the home or anywhere else. Record you answers in your yellow journal. Please put the date on the top.

43. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Guided Practice: Adaptations • The schools look like a prisonbecause there is barbed wire around it. • The girl radiated sunshine wherever she went; she always had a positive attitude.

44. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Guided Practice: Write 5 figurative sentences about 5 common things you see in the classroom, school, the home or anywhere else. Example: “The skateboard flew like a rocket through the intersection.” “My cellphone grew legs and walked off last period – I can’t find it anywhere!”

45. AIM: Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words. Closure: (Debrief) What do you know about literal and figurative language? Name one positive thing you heard during this lesson. Summarize work and behavior Set next steps

50. AIM:Understand the use of conflict in a story or poem; understand setting, tone and irony. Just Lather, That’s All Partner read pages 102 and 103 in World Literature. Then using your yellow student journals, answer questions in the margins on page 102 and 103.