Figurative Language for "Dark They Were and Golden Eyed."

Figurative Language for "Dark They Were and Golden Eyed."

Figurative Language:

• writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally.

• The use of figurative language creates layers of meaning and helps readers see things in new ways

Simile

compares two apparently unlike things using the words like or as.

Metaphor

compares two apparently unlike things by saying that one thing is another

Personification

a comparison in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.

Multiple Choice

She was like a pool of water.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

She was a speeding rocket.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

She was as still as a statue.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Does the following sentence contain a simile or metaphor?

The children, small seeds, might at any instant be sown to all the Martian climes.

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

In the sentence below, what two things are being compared?

The children, small seeds, might at any instant be sown to all the Martian climes.

• children and Martian climes

• seeds and sown

• sown and Martian climes

• children and seeds

Multiple Select

What figures of speech are used in the following sentence. Choose all that apply.

Up there, a big river, he thought, a Martian river; all of us lying deep in it, in our pebble houses, in our sunken boulder houses, like crayfish hidden, and the water washing away our old bodies and lengthening the bones and—

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Open Ended

What do you believe the author is trying to communicate with the figures of speech used here?

Up there, a big river, he thought, a Martian river; all of us lying deep in it, in our pebble houses, in our sunken boulder houses, like crayfish hidden, and the water washing away our old bodies and lengthening the bones and—

Open Ended

Create a strong, original simile of your own. It can be related to the theme of the unit/story, but it does not have to be.

Open Ended

Create a strong, original metaphor of your own. It can be related to the theme of the unit/story, but it does not have to be.