Go Figure! Poetic Devices and Figurative Language

Go Figure!

Poetic Devices and Figurative Language

Recognizing Literal Language “I’ve eaten so much I feel as if I could

literally burst!” In this case, the person is not using the word

literally in its true meaning. Literal means "exact" or "not exaggerated." By pretending that the statement is not exaggerated, the person stresses how much he has eaten.

Literal language is language that means exactly what is said.

Most of the time, we use

literal language.

Recognizing Figurative Language

Figurative language is the opposite of literal language. Figurative language is language that means more than what it says on the surface.

It usually gives us a feeling about its subject .

When you read poetry, you must be conscious of the difference between literal language and figurative language. Otherwise, a poem may make no sense at all.

Printed Quiz Online Quiz

Types of Poetic Devices

Imagery Symbolism Figurative Language

Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Idioms Personification

Sound Devices Alliteration Onomatopoeia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfwbMiZUZ0M

Simile A figure of speech which involves a direct

comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as.

He is strong like an ox.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOfEaHng4Lc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKbqlwsUvjw&feature=related

MetaphorAn implied comparison between two

relatively unlike things.NOT using like or as. Usually uses “is” “are” “were” or “was”

The road was a ribbon wrapped through the desert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFgRj-5d5Ac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0edKgL9EgM

Similes AND Metaphors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHBWZDVMVqA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1c6zF9aJxs&feature=related

BrainPop http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/simile

sandmetaphors/

PersonificationA figure of speech which gives the

qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea.

“The wind yells while blowing."

The wind cannot yell.

•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3mdmDTYc5Q&feature=related•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzWQBb1-XLc&feature=related •http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLw6wZ5q2Jo&feature=related •http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKexdSZNiLc

Hyperbole An exaggerated statement used to

heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.

I have told you million times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAt36-EqHIE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjJbuwwlknk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oETP_wjDVcI&feature=related

IdiomsAn idiom or idiomatic expression refers

to a construction or expression in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word-for-word in another language.

Mr. Smith bends over backwards

to help students feel comfortable.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwh1T9GCM4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9-uGRLwc2k&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrvnp1dpIpg

http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/idiomsandcliches/

Sound Devices

AlliterationRepeated consonant sounds at the

beginning of words.

She was wide-eyed and wondering while she waited for Walter to waken.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtPCOA90_ek&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poJrJvSFu1c&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rusTEy9vrA&feature=related

OnomatopoeiaThe use of words that mimic

sounds.

The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgOQGKUfJqA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evUzS6K-5Wg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-BVwwKTjlI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrRW7RIr0xM&feature=related

Symbolism The use of words, places, objects or

characters to represent something beyond what they are. A noun with a deeper meaning than what it is by itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXJUq4kdGAE

Imagery Language that appeals to the senses.

Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses.

• Sight • Hearing • Touch • Taste • Smell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRSNi-kVBWk

Table of Contents: Unit 4Decisions and the Future

SKIP

Page #TitleDate1-10-13 Essential Questions “red questions” 1-2

1-9-13 Rule of Three 3-4

1-22-13 Persuasion Notes 5-6

1-28-13 Faulty Reasoning 7

Persuasion to poetry (homework poems) 8

What is Poetry 9

2-4-132-6-13

2-14-13 Happiness Epidemic Poem 10

2-14-13 Figurative Language Notes (foldable) 11

Video showing Examples http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUgR1AR-a

mQ&feature=related

Practice Using Mmusic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF0gyQ6V7

4Q&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv9vwiBfAm

8&feature=related

Figurative Language Resources

Eye on Idioms (Online PPT) Paint by Idioms (Game) Alliteration or Simile? (Quiz) Similes and Metaphors (PPT) The Search for Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms

(PPT) Alliteration (PPT) Onomatopoeia (PPT) Personification (PPT) Hyperbole  (PPT) Idioms (PPT) Simile (PPT)

Teaching Similes and Metaphors Alliteration Lesson Plan and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/1allitera.htm Hyperbole- Lesson Plans and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/10lesson.htm Idiom Lesson Plan

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/6lesson.htm Imagery- Lesson Plans and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/imagery2.htm Lesson Plan for Puns

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/5lesson.htm Onomatopoeia- Lesson Plans and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/9lesson.htm Personification Lesson Plans and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/7lesson.htm Proverbs- Lesson Plans and Resources

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/proverbs2.htm