WEEKLY STANDARDS: 1.3C, 1.3D, 1.5B, 1.1E
TOPIC: Poetry
OBJECTIVE: Students will review the main types of figurative language. Students will find examples of figurative language in poetry.
JOURNAL: What is the difference between simile and metaphor? Give an example of each. What other types of literary devices do you remember?
AGENDA: 1) SAT Vocab List 5: wary, transient, surreptitious, superficial, subtle, submissive, sagacity, rancorous, querulous, precocious, ostentatious, mundane, intuitive, frugal, enervating
2) Note-Taking: Figurative Language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration
3) Finding Examples of Figurative Language: Read each of the following poems and copy down examples of figurative language you find in each poem:
"A Storm in the Mountains" pg. 459
FIND 3 similes and 1 personification
"Grape Sherbert" pg. 468
FIND 2 metaphors, 1 simile
"The Taxi" pg. 481
FIND 1 personification, 1 simile
"Ode to My Socks" pg. 498
FIND 3 similes, 3 metaphors
"Miss Rosie" pg. 522
FIND 2 similes, 1 metaphor
"Jazz Fantasia" pg. 536
FIND 2 onomatopoeias, 2 similes, 2 personifications
HOMEWORK: Create a word association chart for your first FIVE new vocabulary words: wary, transient, surreptitious, superficial, subtle
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