Figurative Language #1
What type of Figurative Language is this?
She's drowning in a sea of grief.
Metaphor
What type of figurative language is this?
Busy as a bee
Simile
What is the slope of this line?
y=1/2x + 2
1/2
2x +3 = 3
x=0
What does it mean by "The rose that grew from the concrete"?
Something growing in an unexpected place
What type of Figurative Language is this?
She's happy as a clam.
Simile
What type of figurative language is this?
We're up, wide-eyed, and wondering while we wait for others to awaken.
Alliteration
What is the difference between the slope, and y-intercept?
slope is rate of change, and y-intercept is your starting value
3x - 2 = 7
x=3
What does it mean by silver lining?
So, look up! Claim that cloud with the silver lining
Looking at the bright side
What type of Figurative Language is this?
The sky misses the sun at night.
Personification
What type of figurative language is this?
The sky was full of dancing stars
Personification
What is the equation for this line?
Ms. Sanchez is opening a savings account. She starts with $90 and plans to add $70 each week.
y = 70x + 90
-5x - 10 = 5
x = -3
What does this quote mean from the poem "Swarm"?
That’s when I wonder if insecurity’s the biggest instigator. The one constantly egging you on to prove yourself, like that day Darnell kept asking, Why you so stupid?
We are unsure of ourselves and that leads to us making certain actions
What type of figurative language is this?
I've told you a million times to clean your room!
Hyperbole
What type of figurative language is this?
The burning wood hissed and crackled.
Onomatopeia
What is the y-intercept of the equation y=1/2x+b, and has a point of (2,3)
2
2x/3=2
x = 3
Based on this passage, how would you describe the narrator?
"She was a sixth grader, who mistook my lamppost legs and power line arms for a fifth grader."
Lanky, tall, skinny
What type of Figurative Language is this?
Using a chalkboard to represent education.
Symbolism
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
a simile uses the word like or as
Create a line that goes through points (-1,1) and (1,7)
y=3x+4
3x/4 +2 = 5
x=4
What was the result of the fight that the narrator had in the poem "Swarm"?
I wish I had someone like her to save me from myself before Darnell’s tears streaked over welts big as bee stings. Tia nowhere in sight.
He beat up Darnell while Tia, his girlfriend, left him.