1. (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole)
Analyzing comparison
(simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole)
To analyze is to look closely at the details in order to understand the text.

2. Do Now
What kind of figurative language is used in each example? What is being compared?
Life is a roller coaster.
She is the heat on a summer day.
She is the milk in my cereal.
I’m dying to meet you.

3. CFU: State the objective in your own words
Today we are going to analyze figurative language (metaphor) in a poem.
Standard RL a & L
Analyze how diction (figurative language, connotative words) impacts the tone and/or theme.

4. Analyzing figurative language is important because
Importance
Analyzing figurative language is important because
it will help you to understand the meaning of a piece of literature, rap music, or conversation.
Using it will add depth and interest to your writing.
It is a skill you will use throughout your high school and college career.
It’s on the CAHSEE. So deal with it.
Transitional CFU:
Can you think of another reason why analyzing figurative language is important?
Which reason is most important to you and why?
How will this skill help you in the future or in life outside school?

5. Metaphor: a comparison between two unlike things
Concept Development
Definition(s):
Metaphor: a comparison between two unlike things
Extended metaphor: a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a text.
Transitional CFU: What is the difference between a metaphor and an extended metaphor?

6. Skill Steps Step 1: Write and identify the comparison example.
Step 2: Identify the items being compared or exaggerated.
Step 3: Describe the qualities/associations of the subjects being examined.
Step 4: Identify (highlight/underline) the qualities/associations that all the elements share.
Step 5: Infer the idea suggested by the comparison or exaggeration.

7. Step 4: Identify the qualities that all the elements share
Step 4: Identify the qualities that all the elements share. Step 5: What is the idea suggested by the comparison or exaggeration?
Comparison Example
Concrete Object/
Abstract Idea ►
Pattern or
Qualities
Idea or Inference Suggested by the
comparison ◄
Step 1: Identify and write the comparison example.
Step 2: Identify the items being compared or exaggerated.
Step 3: Describe the qualities of the subjects being examined.
Step 3: Describe the qualities of the subjects being examined.
Step 2: Identify the items being compared or exaggerated.
Yellow or white on inside, brown skin on outside, round, layered, makes one cry, strong scent, pungent, strong taste, long lasting, adds good flavor to food, sweet or sour, caramelizes when cooked.
 In the sky, nighttime, glowing, but not shining bright like the sun, spherical on full moon days. It is a natural/celestial image.
- Brown paper: clouds, less light, it’s like a gift because it’s wrapped
- It’s like a discovery b/c the onion is wrapped, just as how the moon is “wrapped” (it’s a gift). It’s about discovery/surprise.
The moon has more of an influence than one would think.
Moon wrapped in brown paper.
It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
Onion
CFU: Why is this example a metaphor? What are the two items being compared?
CFU: Why is it important for you to determine the qualities of each object or idea?

8. Step 4: Identify the qualities that all the elements share
Step 4: Identify the qualities that all the elements share. Step 5: What is the idea suggested by the comparison or exaggeration?
Comparison Example
Concrete Object/
Abstract Idea ►
Pattern or
Qualities
Idea or Inference Suggested by the
comparison ◄
Step 1: Identify and write the comparison example.
Step 2: Identify the items being compared or exaggerated.
Step 3: Describe the qualities of the subjects being examined.
Step 3: Describe the qualities of the subjects being examined.
Step 2: Identify the items being compared or exaggerated.
Yellow or white on inside, brown skin on outside, round, layered, makes one cry, strong scent, pungent, strong taste, long lasting, adds good flavor to food, sweet or sour, caramelizes when cooked.
It feels good, but also hurts. Stays with a person in love in unexpected ways. It will stay with a person even though he/she will not want it to.
Just as how the scent of an onion lingers, the memory of love endures longer than expected.
Memory of love
Lethal. Its scent will cling to your fingers, cling to your knife.
The scent of the raw onion
CFU: Why is this example a metaphor? What are the two items being compared?
CFU: Why is it important for you to determine the qualities of each object or idea?

9. WE DO
Now let’s try it together!

10. Step 4: Identify the qualities that all the elements share
Step 4: Identify the qualities that all the elements share. Step 5: What is the idea suggested by the comparison or exaggeration?
Comparison Example
Concrete Object/
Abstract Idea ►
Pattern or
Qualities
Idea or Inference Suggested by the
comparison ◄
Step 1: Identify and write the comparison example.
Step 2: Identify the items being compared or exaggerated.
Step 3: Describe the qualities of the subjects being examined.
Step 3: Describe the qualities of the subjects being examined.
Step 2: Identify the items being compared or exaggerated.
If sliced across, its layers appear as rings. As the person gets closer to the center, the rings of the onion are smaller.
 Symbol of commitment and love (but possible confinement and restriction), permanence, made of metal.
Willing commitment can turn into unwanted confinement over time.
Wedding Ring
Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring.
“platinum loops” = shrinking Onion rings
CFU: Why is this example a metaphor? What are the two items being compared?
CFU: Why is it important for you to determine the qualities of each object or idea?

11. CFU
How do you determine the idea suggested by the comparison? (How do you make an inference?)

12. disfiguring chicken pox of the soul
Step 4: Identify the qualities that all the elements share. What is the idea suggested by the comparison or exaggeration?
Comparison Example
Concrete Object/
Abstract Idea ►
Pattern or
Qualities
Idea or Inference Suggested by the
comparison ◄
Step 1: Identify and write the comparison example.
Step 2: Identify the items being compared or exaggerated.
Step 3: Describe the qualities of the subjects being examined.
Step 3: Describe the qualities of the subjects being examined.
Step 2: Identify the items being compared or exaggerated.
-itchy, red,bumpy,
ugly,
contagious,
full of pus,
embarrassing
,potentially deadly,
leaves scars
-the essence of our being, core self, who we are
-milestone
-end of elementary school
-double digits
-change
-thinking about the future
The speaker dreads and has horrific anxiety on turning ten. The comparison to chicken pox allows us to see that this is an unfortunate occurrence in his life.
disfiguring chicken pox of the soul
disfiguring chicken pox of the soul
Feeling of turning ten

13. CFU
How do you determine the idea suggested by the comparison? (How do you make an inference?)

14. Skill Steps Step 1: Write and identify the comparison example.
Step 2: Identify the items being compared or exaggerated.
Step 3: Describe the qualities of the subjects being examined.
Step 4: Identify the qualities that all the elements share. What is the idea suggested by the comparison or exaggeration?

15. Let’s Practice

16. At four I was an Arabian wizard At seven I was a soldier
Guided Practice
At four I was an Arabian wizard
At seven I was a soldier
at nine a prince

17. CFU
Why does the author mention the way things used to be by using different ages?
How do you determine idea suggested by the comparison? (How do you make an inference?)

18. Skill Steps Step 1: Write and identify the comparison example.
Step 2: Identify the items being compared or exaggerated.
Step 3: Describe the qualities of the subjects being examined.
Step 4: Identify the qualities that all the elements share. What is the idea suggested by the comparison or exaggeration?

19. Independent Practice
Choose and analyze 3 examples of figurative language from the rest of the poem and fill out the chart.