1. Figurative Language
: is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal or exact meaning.

2. Learning targets:
I can identify a simile.
I can identify a metaphor.
I can identify the differences between a simile and metaphor.
I can write a simile.
I can write a metaphor.

3. Katie does not taste sweet, she acts sweet.
What are similes?
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words like or as.
Katie is as sweet as candy.
This simile is comparing Katie being sweet or nice to the sweetness of candy.
Katie does not taste sweet, she acts sweet.

4. I can identify a simile.

5. I can write a simile.
~ As quiet as a _______ ~ As quick as a ______ ~ As white as a ______ ~ As black as ______ ~ As sick as a _____ ~ As blind as a _____

6. I can identify the differences between a simile and metaphor. Simile vs. Metaphor
simile-metaphor
What differences do you notice?

8. Metaphors
A comparison is being made but does not use the words like or as.
She is a walking dictionary.
That metaphor means that she is SMART!

9. I can identify a metaphor.

10. I can write a metaphor. Music is ______ Friendship is _____
Her heart is _______
Life is ________

11. Tell your partner what a simile is. Give an example of a simile.
Turn and talk!
Tell your partner what a simile is.
Give an example of a simile.

12. Tell your partner what a metaphor is. Give an example of a metaphor.
Turn and talk!
Tell your partner what a metaphor is.
Give an example of a metaphor.

13. Learning targets:
I can identify a hyperbole.
I can write a hyperbole.

14. I can identify a hyperbole.

15. What is an hyperbole? The extra point kick was missed by a mile!
A hyperbole is an exaggeration.
The extra point kick was missed by a mile!

16. Hyperbole

17. Hyperbole examples: What do they really mean?
I was so hungry I could eat a horse.
The fish was almost as tall as me!
She jumped so high she could touch the sky!
George was so tired he slept for a year!

18. I can write a hyperbole. If I don’t get a _____________ I will die!
This car goes faster than a ___________________.
I ate so much for Thanksgiving, I must weigh more than a ___________________.

19. Learning Targets I can identify personification examples.
I can write personification examples.

20. I can identify personification

21. What is personification?
Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes (characteristics).

23. Personification examples:
The car danced across the icy road.
The angry clouds marched across the sky.
The tulips nodded their heads in the breeze.

24. I can write a personification example.
The cactus ________ those who drove past.
The stairs _________ as we walked on them.

25. Turn and talk
Turn to your partner and give an example of a hyperbole.

26. Turn and talk
Turn to your partner and give an example of personification.

27. Figurative language
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words like or as.
A metaphor is a comparison is being made but does not use the words like or as.
A hyperbole is an exaggeration.
Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes (characteristics).