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Daily Warm-Up. YES! WRITE ON THE WARM UP! After answering the questions, please justify why the other answers are WRONG. Thank you!. Unit 3 : Poetry What Will I Learn During this Lesson?. As a result of the lessons taught during this unit, you will be able to : - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Daily Warm-Up
YES! WRITE ON THE WARM UP!
- After answering the questions, please justify why the other answers are WRONG.
Thank you!
Unit 3: PoetryWhat Will I Learn During
this Lesson?As a result of the lessons
taught during this unit, you will be able to:
• Identify all types of figurative language.
• Document examples of our focus figurative language.
Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words.
Example: slippery slope
Metaphors are COMPARISONS that describe one thing as if it were something else.
example: The house was a zoo this morning.
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Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds.
examples: crash, bang, and hiss
A symbol is anything that represents something else.
example: a dove is a common symbol for peace
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Let’s Review Figurative Language!
• Sarah sold several sailboats.
Alliteration
ONOMATOPOEIA
• BANG! Guns really sound like that, you know.
Peter Piper picked peppers.
Alliteration
He had arms of steel.
Metaphor
ONOMATOPOEIA
Drip…drip…drip…
Until he gets a career, he keeps chipping away at
his savings.
Metaphor
Langston Hughs• A poet during the
Harlem Renaissance
• He wrote about personal experiences – raised by his grandmother and his (single) mom
• He was the only person in his family to go to college
Langston Hughes
• Mother to Son
• I, Too, am America
• Dream Variations
Closure: Write down two examples of
METAPHOR