1. Figures of Speech Pages 498-504 Notes Poems 509 & 511
Poetry
Figures of Speech
Pages Notes
Poems 509 & 511
CCRS – W , W , RL ,
SL , L , L , L , L
Literary Skills – Understand figures of speech, including similes, metaphors, and personification. Understand extended metaphors.

2. Poetry
Sonnet (p. 498) – 14 line poem that follows a regular rhyme pattern. It is usually written in iambic pentameter.
Lyric Poem (p. 500) – a short poem that expresses a speaker’s thoughts or feelings.

3. Figures of Speech
Figure of Speech (p. 504) – always based on a comparison, and it is not literally true.
Figurative Language – expressions that put aside literal meanings in favor of imaginative connections.

4. Figures of Speech
Simile – two dissimilar things are compared using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
Example – You eat like a pig!
Metaphor – a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of a word such as like or as.
Example – You are a pig!

5. Figures of Speech
Direct Metaphor – directly compares the two things using a verb such as is.
Example – The city is a sleeping woman.
Implied Metaphor – suggests the comparison between the two things without stating it directly
Example – The city sleeps peacefully.

6. Figures of Speech
Run-on Line (p. 508) – a line of poetry without punctuation at its end.
End-stopped Line – a line of poetry that has punctuation at its end.

7. Figures of Speech
Extended Metaphor (p. 511) – When a metaphor is developed over several lines or even through an entire poem.

8. Quickwrite (p. 508)
Think of something that another person taught you to do, such as dance, mow the lawn, rock climb, play a game, etc. Then list all the words and phrases you can think of that are associated with that activity.

9. “Folding Won Tons In” (p. 509)
What is the activity described in the poem?
What are some actions the speaker mentions?
Find an example of a metaphor.
Find an example of a simile.

10. Quickwrite (p. 511)
Think of an emotion or a state of mind. You might choose feelings like grief, joy, anger, dreaminess, selfishness, or ambition. Then, jot down three metaphors in which you identify your subject with something else.
Example – Happiness is a warm puppy. Charles Shultz

11. “ ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” (p. 511)
What two things are being compared with the extended metaphor?
According to the second stanza, when is hope the sweetest?
What does hope ask for in return?

12. Activity Page 510 questions 1-5 Page 515 questions 1-5
Read p. 506 & 513
P. 507 Questions 1-5
P. 515 Questions 1-6