Figurative Language
How can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile uses like or as to compare two things
A metaphor compares two things by saying they are the same.
Who/What the text is about is called....
Topic
What is an inference?
An educated guess using evidence and your prior knowledge.
Provide a topic sentence appropriate for a paragraph in which you must assign a character trait to Efren from Efren Divided.
In the novel Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros, Efren can be described as _______.
Use the context to define driving:
Because so little is known about him, most of the stories told about St. Patrick are myths and legends. The most famous is that he was responsible for driving the snakes out of Ireland.
Forcing, removing
Read the following line:
Why, taking gold from the foolish is as easy as plucking apples from a tree.
What type of figurative language is this an example of?
Simile
Define central idea.
What the reader learns about the topic.
Read the following excerpt and make an inference about the public's feelings toward St. Patrick:
Each year on March 17, people in America and around the globe gather to celebrate Ireland. The Irish and their descendants dye rivers green, march in parades, and eat endless plates of cabbage and corned beef, all in the name of St. Patrick, the man credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland some 1,500 years ago. Despite the worldwide celebration of all things Irish, not much is known about St. Patrick. Still, what we do know is fascinating.
They liked him/respected him
Provide an example of Efren being selfless using the appropriate sentence frames.
One example from the text is, "....."
Use the context to define outwit:
Daniel sighed. “Aye, and I’m lucky to have even that. My brother Liam’s the clever one. He has a mountain of gold coins, and is always bragging how nobody can outwit him. Now he’ll laugh at me for having been outwitted myself.”
outsmart, beat
Read the following line:
“It seems you’re a small fish and there’s a bigger one in the pond,” he said. “I’ll throw you back if you help me teach your brother a lesson.”
What type of figurative language is this an example of?
Metaphor
What are the three types of Author's Purpose?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Make an inference about Michael:
Michael O’Connor was a thief, and proud of it. “There’s no one in Ireland cleverer than I am,” he declared. “Why, taking gold from the foolish is as easy as plucking apples from a tree. There are days when I think I could outwit even the leprechauns.”
Michael had long believed that cleverness was better than hard work and honesty, and he smiled as he touched the two gold coins in his pocket.
He is rude/a bad person/careless
This demonstrates Efren is selfless because _____.
Use the context to define striding:
At that moment, he heard someone coming along the path behind him. His eyes widened, for there, striding along as if he owned the world, was a leprechaun!
Walking
Read the following line:
“It’s better,” Daniel admitted, “but Liam has a mountain of gold. It would take more than five coins to interest him.
What type of figurative language is this an example of?
Hyperbole
Determine the topic of the following paragraph:
Along with many of his countrymen, Patrick was taken prisoner by a gang of Irish pirates and sold into slavery across the Irish Sea. For six years, he served as a shepherd in a chilly, mountainous region in Northern Ireland. Life there was hard, and Patrick took refuge in religion, devoting himself to his faith as he never had before. He also learned to speak Irish—a skill that would serve him well later in life.
Patrick
Make an inference about Daniel and Liam's relationship:
Daniel sighed. “Aye, and I’m lucky to have even that. My brother Liam’s the clever one. He has a mountain of gold coins, and is always bragging how nobody can outwit him. Now he’ll laugh at me for having been outwitted myself.”
They don't get along etc.
Provide a conclusion sentence appropriate for a paragraph in which you must assign a character trait to Efren from Efren Divided.
In conclusion, Efren can be described as _______
Use the context to define incorporated:
Rather than tell the Irish that their ways were wrong, Patrick incorporated parts of their religion into Christianity. Because the Irish venerated the sun, Patrick also added a sun to the cross—creating what is now known as the "Celtic cross." One legend tells us that Patrick explained the notion of the Holy Trinity—in which the Father, Son and Holy Ghost combine to form God—by showing how, the three leaves of a clover make up a single plant.
Included,together, etc.
Read the following line:
Michael was scratched, hot, and exhausted by the time they arrived, but he didn’t care once he saw the rainbow dancing in the waterfall.
What type of figurative language is this an example of?
Personification
Determine the Central Idea of the following paragraph:
Along with many of his countrymen, Patrick was taken prisoner by a gang of Irish pirates and sold into slavery across the Irish Sea. For six years, he served as a shepherd in a chilly, mountainous region in Northern Ireland. Life there was hard, and Patrick took refuge in religion, devoting himself to his faith as he never had before. He also learned to speak Irish—a skill that would serve him well later in life.
Patrick experienced many struggles while imprisoned.
Make an inference about Michael:
Michael dragged the trap into the river. At first the cool water felt wonderful, but soon he was frozen through. He thought of the gold, however, and refused to quit. When the trap was finally set, Michael stumbled, half-drowned, back to the warm rock where the leprechaun was dipping his toes in the water.
He's determined, etc.
Use an appropriate transition to provide a second piece of evidence supporting Efren being selfless.
In addition,
Similarly,
Additionally,
Use the context to define heritage:
According to tradition, Patrick died on March 17, 461, in a town called Downpatrick in Northern Ireland. It wasn't until 1762 that his feast day, which was only a minor religious holiday in Ireland, was celebrated with a parade by the Irish in the American colonies as a way to honor their heritage.
Something passed down, a tradition, culture etc.