1. Figurative Language

2. WW#4: figurative language
DEFINITION:
language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the actual meaning of the word.

3. Notes
Simile- a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
Example:
The Children flew into the cafeteria like a flock of hungry, chirping birds.

4. (Write down one simile you hear in the song!)
Notes
More examples:
The room was as dreary as a gray winter day.
The girls in their summer dresses looked like butterflies fluttering in the garden.
(Write down one simile you hear in the song!)

5. Notes
Metaphor- An implied comparison between two unlike things which gives added meaning to one of them.

6. (Write down one metaphor you hear in the song!)
Notes
Examples:
The river is a slender snake that slithers down the mountain side and slides across the valley looking for a place to hide.
The highway is a long, white thread that loops around the mountains, weaves through the fabric of small towns, and unwinds in the city, where it snarls and ties up all the traffic.
(Write down one metaphor you hear in the song!)

7. HW: Worksheet
Simile or Metaphor .

8. Notes
ABSTRACT
vs.
CONCRETE

9. Concrete noun- can be verified with your five senses.
Notes
Concrete noun- can be verified with your five senses.
Examples:
Hole puncher, desk, room, sky...

10. Abstract noun- you can not verify its existence with your senses.
Notes
Abstract noun- you can not verify its existence with your senses.
Examples: Love, anger, happiness...

11. Notes Love is... a song that means something special smiling eyes
walking the dog
holding hands one red rose

12. Notes Loneliness is... moving away a dark room imprisonment
and empty mailbox
an abandoned building

13. Notes
Your Turn!
Happiness is...

14. TSHIRT Read and look for the metaphor
TCHART the comparisons – then answer on the bottom of the sheet: What’s the purpose of the author comparing the two objects? Explain and cite example