Daily Warm-Up

YES! WRITE ON THE WARM UP!

- After answering the questions, please justify why the other answers are WRONG.

Thank you!

Unit 3: PoetryWhat Will I Learn During

this Lesson?As a result of the lessons

taught during this unit, you will be able to:

• Identify simile, personification, and hyperbole.

• Document examples of our focus figurative language.

Similes use like or as to compare two apparently unlike things.

Example: He stormed into the meeting like a tornado.

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Hyperboles are EXTREME exaggerations

Example: That math class drained the life out of me!

Personification gives human qualities to something that is not human.

Example: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

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Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

Example: speech and teach.

Repetition is the use of any element of language—a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence—more than once.example: Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday dear …Happy birthday to you!

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words.

Example: slippery slope

Let’s Review Figurative Language!

• The mountain sits on the horizon like a giant.

SIMILE

Personification

• The waves smacked the shore in mighty heaves.

I’m going to die of thirst if I don’t get some water right

now!

Hyperbole

The lighthouse stood guard,

protecting ships from crashing into the rocky shore.

Personification

The storm scared me to death!

Hyperbole

SIMILE

His teeth are sharp as knives.

The benchmark took me forever to finish!

Hyperbole

Closure: Write down two examples of

PERSONIFICATION