Figurative Language in The Odyssey

​The Odyssey - Figurative Language

By Brenda Vences

Lesson Objectives

​I can summarize poetic passages
I can identify and interpret Figurative Language

​What does struggling Productively look like?

• Working with a partner

• rereading text/annotating

• looking up words you don't know

• Asking Questions

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to "Productively Struggle" What does it look like?

• Productively struggling involves students passively receiving information from the teacher.
• It looks like students giving up when faced with challenging tasks and not seeking help.
• Productively struggling means students working alone without any collaboration or discussion.
• Productively struggling looks like students working through difficult problems, collaborating with peers, asking questions, and reflecting on their thought processes, ultimately leading to mastery of concepts.

Add these to your Figurative Language charts:

descriptive language that appeals to the senses to create vivid mental pictures

​Imagery

Conbines contradictory (or opposing) terms like "sweet sorrow," "awfully good"

​Oxymoron

Multiple Choice

Oxymoron or Imagery?

The old mansion was an organized mess, with stacks of books and papers piled up.

• Oxymoron

• imagery

Multiple Choice

Oxymoron or Imagery?

The air was thick and heavy, like a warm blanket, carrying the scent of pine and damp earth after the rain.

• Oxymoron

• Imagery

Multiple Choice

Oxymoron or Imagery?

The sound of the ice cracking was a sharp, brittle noise that echoed the tense silence in the room

• Oxymoron

• Imagery

Multiple Choice

Oxymoron or Imagery?

She gave him a sad smile as he walked away, a look of bittersweet resignation on her face

• Oxymoron

• Imagery

Multiple Choice

Oxymoron or Simile?

It was an open secret that the two coworkers were dating, but no one had officially said anything.

• Oxymoron

• Imagery

Multiple Choice

Oxymoron or Imagery?

The old man's face was a roadmap of wrinkles and deep-set lines, each one a story of a life lived fully.

• Oxymoron

• Imagery

Applying to The Odyssey

​Follow along on this Kami document as we try to complete the first one together

Kami: https: https://kami.app/vAY-gPz-1qv-uF1

Poll

How confident do you feel in your abilities to do this with a partner?

• very confident

• confident

• not so confident

• I think I need you to go over it again