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- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students analyze and interpret figurative language. They listen to some examples of poetry which use figurative language. Then, they divide into groups and attempt to find more examples. Finally, students write what the poet is converying in the poem. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students identify figurative language in poetry and analyze its effect on the meaning. They apply the meaning in poetry to real life situations. They write about a goal that wasn't achieved and relate that to Langston Hughes' poem "Harlem." Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students create a PowerPoint show illustrating two types of figurative language. They demonstrate understanding of personification by creating and interpreting simple examples. They also demonstrate understanding of alliteration. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore figurative language to enable the reader to visualize written material. They examine similes and metaphors to compare two unlike things. They examine idioms and interpret them when used in a sentence. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students recognize the importance and function of figurative language. Students review the terms metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, alliteration and personification. They recognize them in text, use them in their writing and explain their importance for establishing the author's tone, shaping the plot and appealing to the senses. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students read and discuss the stories, "Febold Feboldson," and "A Pioneer Tall Tale," and identify examples of figurative language. They answer discussion questions, and retell and summarize the stories. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students read and analyze figurative language used in William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." They participate in a choral reading of a soliloquy, analyze the soliloquy for figurative language in small groups, and discuss how the reading applies to their own lives. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students discover the use of figurative language in poetry and prose and compare poetic phrasing with narrative and descriptive examples. They identify different patterns of rhyme and verse and write poetry based on the structure and styles of poems read. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students read and identify three types of figurative language. They read and analyze "My Father's Body" by Christopher Buckley and "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman, identify the elements of figurative and descriptive language, and write an original poem or short biography. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students create an instructional card game that game that incorporates the elements of figurative language and demonstrate the correct usage of each. They are given a set of cards that contain examples of a variety of figurative language devices, opportunities for students to respond to a variety of figurative language devices. Full Review »
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