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POETRY

FigurativeLanguage

+Learning SuccessIntention Criteria To understand the purpose

of figurative language in poetry.

To understand the use of our senses when creating poetry.

I will be able to identify a range of figurative language devices within a poem.

I will be able to create one liners using figurative language devices.

+Getting Knowledge ReadyWho has been to the river? Do you like to ski, camp!!!

Help describe this setting to someone who has never been to a river..

sight – smell – feel – taste - sound

sight – smell – feel – taste - sound

+Language in Poetry

Writers use figurative language to create images in the minds of readers.

It is not meant to be taken literally. If I say my pillow is a fluffy cloud, I'm comparing my pillow to a cloud, but it's not actually a cloud, right? The comparison just helps you imagine how fluffy the pillow is.

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AlliterationThe repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of

words. Alliteration includes tongue twisters. 

The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we walk by…

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MetaphorA figure of speech in which something is said to be another thing; it is not just

like another thing. A metaphor compares two things without using the

words like or as. Her hair was silkYou are what you eat!

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PersonificationGiving something human qualities

The thunder roared in the evening sky.

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SimileA simile is a way of describing something by comparing it to

something else, often using the word "like" or "as."

He is brave as a lion

Red as a beetroot

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OnomatopoeiaNaming a thing or an action by

imitating the sound associated with it

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As cute as a kitten

simile

metaphor

personification

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Match the sentence to the poetic device.

Life is like a box of chocolates

It's raining cats and dogs

The world is a stage.

His jump created a massive splash

whoosh, passing breeze

The run down house appeared depressed.

The car was suffering and was in need of some TLC.

Sara’s seven sisters slept soundly in

sand.

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As cute as a kitten

simile

metaphor

personification

onomatopoeia

alliteration

Life is like a box of chocolates

It's raining cats and dogs

The world is a stage.

His jump created a massive splash

whoosh, passing breeze

The run down house appeared depressed.

The car was suffering and was in need of some TLC.

Sara’s seven sisters slept soundly in

sand.

How did you go?!M

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simile

metaphor

personification

onomatopoeia

alliteration

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Use our initial brainstorm on the river to complete a number of sentences using

the following figurative languagedevices…

CREATE A MOOD WITH YOUR SENSESRemember when writing consider:

Sight – Hearing – Touch – Smell - Taste

+Review

Think/ write 1 questions and answer in relation to today’s lesson.

Think/write 1 question you would like to know the answer to about today’s lesson.