Language ArtsEDI

Standard:

Students will understand and explain the figurative and metaphorical use of words in a context.

Learning Objective

• I will understand and explain the figurative and metaphorical use of words in a context.

Activating Prior Knowledge

• Have you heard of the metaphor, “You are a star!”?

• What do you think this metaphor means?

• Have you heard of the metaphor, “killing two birds with one stone”?

• What do you think it means?

Concept Development

• Metaphor: – A figure of speech in which a word

or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness between them.

– A figure of speech that compares two things which makes the reading more interesting.

• Figurative Language: speech or writing that

means something other than what its says. It is used in order to achieve a special effect or meaning.

Example of a metaphor

She was drowning in money.

Metaphor EXPLANATION• Couch Potato:• Couch potato = lazy person. A lazy person

buries themselves in the cushions of a couch (sofa, La-Z-Boy) in safe, sedentary comfort, "vegging out" mindlessly in front of the TV, eyes in a fixed, submissive stare. A couch potato never leaves the home, and cannot be motivated, having everything nearby so they never have to move. Compare this to the potato, which is buried in the comfort and providence of soil and to which the only escape from its lifestyle is death. Covered in eyes, but without a brain or muscle, the potato is snuggled and unmotivated. 

• A comfortable sofa is fertile soil for the couch potato.

Literal Meaning – not a metaphor

Metaphor – Figure of speech.

NOT a Metaphor!

• Simile – A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another and uses “like” or “as”.

Example: You are as slow as a turtle.

NOT a Metaphor!

• Alliteration – A figure of speech in which the repetition of the initial consonant is used over and over again. There should be at least two repetitions in a row.

Example: Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

NOT a Metaphor!

• Personification – the representation of a thing in the form of a person.

Example:• The rain kissed my cheeks

as it fell.

Importance

• What kind of figurative language do you hear in your culture?

• Why do you think people use figurative language?

Skill Development

1. He has the heart of a lion.2. She is as sweet as a rose.3. You are the sun in my sky.4. Look sharp. 5. My love is like a red rose6. You are like a hurricane.

metaphor

NOT a metaphor

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metaphor

NOT a metaphor

NOT a metaphor

• Brainpop – metaphors

Guided Practice

• Do you know your metaphor?

Closure

• figurative language is a writing technique that writers use to make our reading more interesting.

• Metaphors are textual comparisons that make the writing more fun to read.

Independent Practice

• Read the following short story. Find and explain the author’s use of figurative language.

The Cypress Tree by Rina Singh