Today we are going to learn about figurative language! (Gagne #2)
(Includes action and sound: Gagne #1)
April... is Poetry Month!
These are fairly straight-forward links; they did not merit their own boxes.
Poets you know... (Gagne #3)
Dr. Seuss website (link #1)
Shel Silverstein website (link #2)
Jack Prelutsky website (link #3)
How do they do it? Figurative language! (Gagne #4)
Poetic devices (link #4)
YouTube rap on figurative language (link #6)
Sound devices (link #5)
Flowers are simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom. Click on them for the definition.
Animated Bee
Link #4
Flowers are onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance. Click on them for the definition.
Animated Bee
Link #5
Animated Bee
YouTube rap for kids on figurative language
Link #6
FInd the personification (link #9)
Find the idioms (link #11)
Find the similes (link #7)
You will need to be able to recognize these examples of figurative language. Let's practice with each type... (Gagne # 5)
Find the metaphors. (link #8)
FInd the hyperbole (link #10)
FInd the sound devices (link #12)
Link #7 Interactive poem with similes (Gagne #6 and #7)
Link #8 Interactive poem with metaphors (Gagne #6 and #7)
Link #9 Interactive poem with personification (Gagne #6 and #7)
Link #10 Interactive poem with hyperbole (Gagne #6 and #7)
Link #11 Interactive poem with idioms (Gagne #6 and #7)
Link #12 Interactive poem with sound devices (Gagne #6 and #7)
We will now have a performance test. Find/label 2 poetic devices, 2 sound devices and either symbolism or imagery. (Gagne #8)
Link #13, 14, 15 - 3 poems about rain.
Final project: Find a poem that you consider a "good" poem. Prove it by analyzing it in regards to figurative language. Submit a copy with annotations. (Gagne #9)
Link #16: Example
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