Figurative Language Symbol, Metaphor, Simile, & imagery

Figurative Figurative LanguageLanguage

Symbol, Metaphor, Symbol, Metaphor, Simile, & imagerySimile, & imagery

SimileSimile

• Fill in the blanks to create metaphors:Fill in the blanks to create metaphors:– Pale as ________, pale as __________.Pale as ________, pale as __________.

– The backyard trees breathed like_______.The backyard trees breathed like_______.

– I was born mute as____________.I was born mute as____________.

– A glass of water lives in your grasp like______.A glass of water lives in your grasp like______.

SimileSimile

• Pale as Pale as August skyAugust sky, Pale as , Pale as flour flour

• The backyard trees breathed like The backyard trees breathed like a man a man running from himselfrunning from himself

• I was born mute as I was born mute as a white Dixie cupa white Dixie cup

• A glass of water lives in your grasp like A glass of water lives in your grasp like a a streamstream

MetaphorMetaphor

• The metaphor is first cousin to the simile. The metaphor is first cousin to the simile. Like the simile, it compares two objects but Like the simile, it compares two objects but does not use does not use likelike or or asas or or thanthan..

• Simile: Her face was white as snow.Simile: Her face was white as snow.

• Metaphor: Her face is fresh snow.Metaphor: Her face is fresh snow.

• →→Write a metaphor for each member of Write a metaphor for each member of your family or a few of your friends!your family or a few of your friends!

Metaphor: Write a metaphor Metaphor: Write a metaphor for each imagefor each image

• The book was an The book was an explosion of explosion of fantastic adventurefantastic adventure

• OROR

• The story was a The story was a ticking time bombticking time bomb

MetaphorMetaphor

ImageryImagery

• Their skin lookedTheir skin looked

like skittles smashedlike skittles smashed

against the sky andagainst the sky and

theirtheir

faces oozed withfaces oozed with

the joy of sugarythe joy of sugary

sweets.sweets.

People smear colored powder on each other during Holi celebrations in the northern Indian city of People smear colored powder on each other during Holi celebrations in the northern Indian city of Amritsar March 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Munish Sharma)Amritsar March 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Munish Sharma)

A boy with a painted face looks into the camera during Holi celebrations in Kolkata March A boy with a painted face looks into the camera during Holi celebrations in Kolkata March 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw)11, 2009. (REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw)

Students holding paint powder of various colors pose as they celebrate Holi, the Indian festival of colors, Students holding paint powder of various colors pose as they celebrate Holi, the Indian festival of colors,

in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 10, 2009. (REUTERS/Amit Dave)in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 10, 2009. (REUTERS/Amit Dave)

SymbolismSymbolism

• This image This image symbolizes the symbolizes the nature of nature of violence and violence and how it should be how it should be replaced with replaced with love. love.

SymbolismSymbolism

““Son of man”Son of man”

• René Magritte René Magritte said about this:said about this:"Everything we "Everything we see hides another see hides another thing, we always thing, we always want to see what want to see what is hidden by what is hidden by what we see."we see."

ACTIVITYACTIVITY

• Now that you understand symbolism, Now that you understand symbolism, imagery, metaphor, and simile, pick imagery, metaphor, and simile, pick one of the images shown to you and one of the images shown to you and write a poem trying to incorporate all write a poem trying to incorporate all four poetic devices. four poetic devices.

• This poem may go towards you final This poem may go towards you final graded three so be creative and put graded three so be creative and put something of yourself into it! something of yourself into it!

Works citedWorks cited

• Boisseau, Michelle, Randall Mann, and Robert Wallace. Boisseau, Michelle, Randall Mann, and Robert Wallace. Writing Writing Poems (7th Edition)Poems (7th Edition). New York: Longman, 2007.. New York: Longman, 2007.

•   Imagery photos from March 13,2009 Imagery photos from March 13,2009 :http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/holi_the_festival_of_co:http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/holi_the_festival_of_colors.html. lors.html.

• Metaphor photos taken from Creative ads Issue number 9, January Metaphor photos taken from Creative ads Issue number 9, January 18, 2008: 18, 2008: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/01/creative-ads-issue-9.hthttp://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/01/creative-ads-issue-9.htmlml

• Magritte, Rene. Magritte, Rene. The Son of ManThe Son of Man, 1964., 1964.