Day 2

Lets Review!

Simile Metaphor Personification Mood

Great! Lets practice interpreting figurative language with a poem:

HurricaneSpinning leaves, flowing water.All rotating together.Like water spinning down the drain

of an enormous bathtub.Clockwise in the South.

Counterclockwise in the North.No toys, no bubbles.Only wind and rain, and the hope

that soon all will be safely dried with the fluffy towel of sunshine

HurricaneSpinning leaves,

flowing water.All rotating together.Like water spinning

down the drain of an enormous bathtub.

Clockwise in the South. Counterclockwise in the North.

No toys, no bubbles.Only wind and rain,

and the hope that soon all will be safely dried with the fluffy towel of sunshine

Why does the author compare the leaves and flowing water to water spinning down the drain of an enormous bathtub?

A. the leaves are wet from the rain

B. The bathtub is full of water and leaves

C. The leaves and water are spinning in the air together due to the strong winds

D. The leaves have blown off the trees from the strong winds

HurricaneSpinning leaves,

flowing water.All rotating together.Like water spinning

down the drain of an enormous bathtub.

Clockwise in the South. Counterclockwise in the North.

No toys, no bubbles.Only wind and rain,

and the hope that soon all will be safely dried with the fluffy towel of sunshine

What does the author mean when he says “soon all will all will be safely dried with the fluffy towel of sunshine?”

A. The speaker will go outside and dry everything off with a towel

B. When the hurricane passes the sun will shine and all will be well.

C. The sunshine will stop the hurricane

D. The towel will keep the speaker safe from the hurricane

Figurative LanguageDay 3

1. Stay in your seats at all times.2. You will have 30-60 seconds to discuss

the answer to a question AND3. Write ONE response to the question

on a sheet of paper.4. All teams will hold up their answers.5. If you are correct, your team will get

the opportunity to shoot the correct response into the trashcan from a 1, 2, or 3 point line.

6. If the shot is made, the team gets extra-credit.

7. Shots will be made after ALL the questions have been answered.

The soul selects her own society,Then shuts the door;On her divine majorityObtrude no more.

Personification: The soul is given the ability to select societies and shut doors.

You say that you are wronged--ah, well,I count that friendship poor, at bestA bauble, a mere bagatelle,That cannot stand so slight a test.

Metaphor: He compares the friendship to a bauble or bagatelle, a cheap trinket.

The terrier, down on the hearth,Twitches and barks in his sleep,Soft little foolish barks,More like a dream than a dog . . .

Simile: The dog is compared to a dream using the word “like.”

Gazing at the apexstar configurationsred picnic blanketthe endless summer.

Hyperbole: The summer is described as endless, which is an exaggeration.

Nor will a brave man choose to live when he,Full deeply drunk of life, has reached the dregs.

Metaphor: life is compared to a drink. The end of life is compared to the end of a drink, one with food particles in the bottom.

As a white candleIn a holy place,So is the beautyOf an aged face.

Simile: an aged face was compared to a white candle using the word “as.”

Gossiping on the country-side,Spring and the wandering breezes say,God has thrown Heaven open wideAnd let the thrushes out to-day.

Personification: Spring and the wandering breezes are given the ability to talk.

Taking daughter’s boyfriend hostagemay have been a bit extreme,But other fathers have done worse thingswhen their daughters were sixteen.

Understatement: Taking one’s daughter’s boyfriend hostage is more than “a bit” extreme.

Beautiful lie the dead;Like ships, the anchor dropped,In a deep water.

Simile: The dead are compared to ships with anchors dropped.

I heard a cry in the night,A thousand miles it came,It was quiet then it was louder,My name, my name, my name…

Hyperbole: The speaker is exaggerating how loud the call was.