Figurative Language
Name that figurative language
her tongue can’t lay itself down flat enough
for the English language,
Personification
In which perspective is the following written?
"She led him down the hall to the front door and opened it. “Good-night! Behave yourself, boy!” she said, looking out into the street."
Third person
Find the rhyming words in this passage:
I see a dad with a stroller taking a jog.
Across the street, a bright-eyed girl chases her dog.
A grandma on a porch fingers her rosaries.
She grins as her young neighbor brings her groceries.
jog and dog
rosaries and groceries
What does this proverb mean?
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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Finish this line with a rhyming word:
Lifting me up, she took off my wrapper.
Feeling the breeze, I wanted to slap her.
Opening her mouth with shiny teeth inside,
This was the day this cupcake _________
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Name that figurative language:
her tongue
like a red fire
Simile
In what perspective is the following written:
"I thought I’d awaken to a world in mourning.
Heavy clouds crowding, a society storming.
But there’s something different on this golden morning.
Something magical in the sunlight, wide and warming."
First person
Find the rhyming words:
They put me in the oven to bake.
Me, a deprived and miserable cake.
Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.
Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.
bake & cake
bubble & trouble
What does this proverb mean?
A thing begun is half done.
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Finish this simile:
This room is as cold as _______.
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Name that figurative language:
Like light, we can’t be broken, even when we bend.
In which perspective is the following written:
so even though her lips can barely stretch themselves around english,
her accent is a stubborn compass always pointing her toward home.
third person
Find the rhyming words:
We ignite not in the light, but in lack thereof,
For it is in loss that we truly learn to love.
In this chaos, we will discover clarity.
In suffering, we must find solidarity.
ignite & light
thereof & love
clarity & solidarity
What does this proverb mean?
Actions speak louder than words.
What do you call a group of lines in a poem?
a stanza
What is personification? Give an example.
Personification is giving human characteristics to a thing, idea, or animal.
"The bear pounded her fists."
In which perspective is the following written:
We’ll observe how the burdens braved by humankind
Are also the moments that make us humans kind;
Let every dawn find us courageous, brought closer;
Heeding the light before the fight is over.
First person
Find the rhyming words:
As one, we will defeat both despair and disease.
We stand with healthcare heroes and all employees;
With families, libraries, waiters, schools, artists;
Businesses, restaurants, and hospitals hit hardest.
disease & employees
artists & hardest
What does this proverb mean?
If you play with fire, you’ll get burned.
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Write the next line of this poem. Make sure it includes a rhyming word in the right place:
If you have to dry the dishes
(Such an awful, boring chore)
If you have to dry the dishes
(Intead of going to the store)
If you have to dry the dishes
And you drop one on the floor—
Maybe they won’t let you
(DRY THE DISHES ANYMORE)
or any other line that rhymes
her tongue, all brass knuckle
slipping in between her lips
her hips, all laughter and wind clap.
metaphor
In which perspective is the following written?
You know what will happen.
It’s like a pet store or a bakery—
Every single time you’ll come out of there
Holding something in your arms.
Second person
Find the rhyming words:
There’s a poem in Boston’s Copley Square
where protest chants
tear through the air
like sheets of rain,
where love of the many
swallows hatred of the few.
square & air & where & tear
What does this proverb mean?
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
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Finish this poem with a rhyming word:
As soon as Fred gets out of bed,
his underwear goes on his head.
His mother laughs, “Don’t put it there,
a head’s no place for underwear!”
But near his ears, above his brains,
is where Fred’s underwear remains.
At night when Fred goes back to bed,
he deftly plucks it off his head.
His mother switches off the light
and softly croons, “Good night! Good night!”
And then, for reasons no one knows,
Fred’s underwear goes on his
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