4/25 Figurative Language Lesson

4/25 Figurative Language Lesson

By Angelina Nettles

Do Now​

​Go to your Canvas Announcements to find your Do Now activity listed under your literacy assignment for today.

Please put the activity on a separate sheet of notebook paper. Write neatly please and put your name on it before turning it in.​

Please takes notes:

Similes compare two or more things using "like" or "as".

Metaphors compare two or more things WITHOUT using "like" or "as".

Perso​nification gives HUMAN qualities to nonliving things.

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​Read "The Tree Bats" The link is on your Canvas literacy lesson.

Figurative Quote ​	​Type of figurative language	​What does it mean?
​"The tree bats sway like fruit with wings."	​Simile: compares the bats to fruit	​The bats are hanging upside down.
"​Prisoners of light throughout the day."	​Personification: The light is a jailer and the bats are prisoners.	​Bats only come out at night.
"the gentle voice of mother night.”	​	​
​"A dark whirlwind of sudden flight!" A A		​

​Take notes on the first two then complete the other two independently.

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