Exploring Figurative Language in Poetry

The video tutorial covers figurative language, including similes, metaphors, personification, and idioms. It explains each concept with examples, helping students understand how figurative language conveys meanings beyond literal interpretations. The lesson includes a poem to illustrate these concepts and provides instructions for a hands-on activity using a foldable.

What materials are needed for the figurative language activity?

• Scissors, glue stick, and highlighters

• Laptop and projector

• Textbook and notebook

• Paint and brushes

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What is figurative language?

• Language that means something other than what it says

• Language used only in scientific texts

• Language that uses figures and shapes

• Language that describes exactly what it means

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of figurative language?

• It uses language in a literal way

• It can involve personification

• It includes similes and metaphors

• It helps create vivid imagery

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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How is a simile identified?

• By giving human qualities to non-human things

• By using phrases that don't mean what they say

• By using the words 'like' or 'as'

• By stating two things are the same

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Which example illustrates a simile?

• The cupcake called to me by name

• I was a hungry lion

• He smiled sweet as pie

• My belly was rumbling Thunder

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What differentiates a metaphor from a simile?

• A metaphor uses 'like' or 'as'

• A metaphor directly states two things are the same

• A metaphor gives human qualities to non-human things

• A metaphor is a phrase that doesn't mean what it says

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• Quiet as a mouse

• Sweet as pie

• Sly as a fox

• I was a hungry lion

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What is personification?

• Using phrases that don't mean what they say

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• Stating two things are the same without using 'like' or 'as'

• Comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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CCSS.RL.5.5

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What does an idiom mean?

• A phrase that means exactly what it says

• A phrase that compares two unlike things

• A phrase that doesn't mean what it says

• A phrase that gives human qualities to non-human things

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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What does 'the cat got my tongue' exemplify?

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

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