Year 8. Unit 1.3

Year 8. Unit 1.3

By Mark Wyn

In this session, you will,

• Identify figurative language in a poem

• Summarise information from two texts

• Explore the ways language is used in different texts on a similar topic

• Organise and take park in a group dissussion

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Keywords:

Figurative language: Words and phrases used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning to create a special effect; figurative language techniques include simile, metaphor, and personification.

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Example - ​If an athlete is doing well > They're on fire

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Simile: A type of figurative language in which one thing is compared to something else using words 'as' or 'like'

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Example;

• ​As big as an elephant.

• ​Your explanation is as clear as mud.

• ​Life is like a box of chocolates.

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Keywords:

Personification: A type of figurative language in which an object is described as if it has human characteristics

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Example;

• ​The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

• ​My alarm yelled at me this morning.

• ​Money is the only friend that I can count on.

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Keywords:

Alliteration: Use of the same sound, especially consonants, at the beginning of several close-together words.

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Example;

• Coca-Cola.

• Donald Duck.

• Dunkin' Donuts.

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Activities 1 and 2 'The Eagle'

1. What impression of the eagle does the poet create? Use your own words to describe it.

2. ​a) Identify the techniques Tennyson uses in 'The Eagle'. - Give examples.

   b) ​What impact do these techniques have on the reader?

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Read Extract 1

Activity 3

​Review the last paragraph in extract 1 and 'the Eagle' poem. Summaries the appearance and action of the eagle in each

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• ​The language used to describe the appearance.

• ​The language used to describe movement or action.

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Compare the differences.​

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clasps the crag with crooked hands​

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Poem

Razor-sharp talons

Article

Comparison - Eagle's claws

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Read Extract 2

Activity 5

​Which would you read for:

• pleasure

• information

• research

​Why?

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Activity 6 - Debate!

'for' and 'against'

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Debate the following - Humans can use animals in any way they choose.

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