Bell Ringer• Complete the Bell Ringer and hold onto it. We will

review it momentarily.• Turn in any late/absent work to the class inbox.• Finish copying the Mood and Tone Words

Chart(Answer Key) into your comp. book and summarize what you learned about mood and tone in your Cornell Notes from last class.

Housekeeping• Study all previously assigned word parts for the

Week 12 multiple choice Cumulative Quiz on 12/9 (B) & 12/10 (A)

• Go to blog, print out Figurative Language Mini Posters & complete the literary devices used in this Power Point. Use original examples. Due 12/9 (B) & 12/10 (A)

Today’s Standards• LA.6.2.1.7 locate and analyze an author’s use of

allusions and descriptive, idiomatic, and figurative language in a variety of literary text, identifying how word choice sets the author’s tone

• I will be able to…o Determine the difference between figurative and

descriptive languageo Locate and analyze allusions, descriptive, idiomatic, and

figurative languageo Identify word choiceo Identify author’s tone

Figurative & Descriptive Language

How to Create a Foldable

How to Create a Foldable

1. Take six pieces of paper and stagger them so they are approximately ½ to ¾ of an inch apart

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2. Fold them over horizontally

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3. Staple twice across the fold to hold in place

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4. Put your heading on the top tab. The title: Figurative Language should take up most of the tab

5. Label the rest of the tabs as we go

Ms. Barker12/5 – 12/6

Per. 2A, 3A, 5B, 8B

Descriptive & Figurative Language

Descriptive Language• Descriptive language — Language intended to create a

mood, person, place, thing, event, emotion, or experience. Descriptive language uses images that appeal to the reader’s senses, helping the reader to imagine how a subject looks, sounds, smells, tastes, or feels.

• Includes:o Alliterationo Allusiono Imageryo Ironyo Moodo Onomatopoeiao Satireo Tone

Figurative Language• Figurative language— Language that involves the

use of words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of another and that is not meant to be understood on a literal level. Figurative language always involves some sort of imaginative comparison between seemingly unlike things. 

• Includes:o Hyperboleo Metaphoro Personificationo Puno Simileo Symbolism

Alliteration• Alliteration – the repetition of consonant sounds

at the beginning of words

• Examples:o Brooke Best’s birthday bash and bonfireo Peter Parker

Allusion• Allusion – Reference to a widely known event,

book, myth, place, person, art, etc.

Julie: What are you doing here?R: Came to see you

Megamind’s poster is an allusion to President

Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign

Gnomeo & Juliet is an allusion to Romeo & Juliet

Warm Bodies’ balcony scene is a reference to

Romeo & Juliet’s forbidden love

Hyperbole• Hyperbole – extreme exaggeration used to make

a point

Idiom• Examples:1. Close call2. Dog eat dog3. A far cry4. Spill the beans5. The cold shoulder6. Curiosity killed the

cat7. No dice8. A piece of cake9. When nature calls

• Idiom – a common expression where the meaning is different than the literal; idioms are unique to the community where they were created

Imagery• Imagery - The sensory details used to describe,

using the five senses

Examples:Sight – rain, breeze, flames, nature, different colorsSound – slower, “airy” sound for wind, violent sound for fire, playful sound for earthTouch – water on skin, breeze moving hair and fabric, heat from the fire, grass under your feetSmell – smoke, rain, wind, grassTaste - water

Onomatopoeia• Onomatopoeia – natural sounds are imitated in

the sounds of words

Onomatopoeia• Onomatopoeia – natural sounds are imitated in

the sounds of words

Dog goes woof

Cat goes meow

Bird goes tweet

and mouse goes squeek

Cow goes moo

Frog goes croak

and the elephant goes toot

Ducks say quackand fish go bluband the seal goes ow ow ow

ow ow

But there’s one soundThat no one knowsWhat does the fox say?

Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!

Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!

Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!

What the fox say?

Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!

What the fox say?Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!

What the fox say?

Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-

tchoff!

Tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-

tchoff!

Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-

tchoff!

What the fox say?

Personification• Personification – Giving human characteristics

to something non-human

• Examples:o Love is blindo The sun is smiling on us todayo Jealousy, she will destroy you

Simile• Simile –

comparing two unlike things using the words like, as, or than

You’re as cuddly as a cactusYou’re as charming as an eel

Metaphor• Metaphor – the comparison of two unlike things,

suggesting a similarity

• Examples:o He has a heart of stoneo You are my sunshine

Simile vs. Metaphor• Additional examples to help you from confusing

the two…

Simile vs. Metaphor Practice

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.You really are a heel.You're as cuddly as a cactus, You're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch.You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel.

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch.Your heart's an empty hole.Your brain is full of spiders.You've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch.I wouldn't touch you with a Thirty-nine and a half foot pole.

Find all the examples of figurative language you can

Simile vs. Metaphor Practice

You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch.You have termites in your smile, You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch.Given the choice between the two of you, I'd take the seasick crocodile.

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch.You're a nasty wasty skunk.Your heart is full of unwashed socks.Your soul is full of gunk, Mr. Grinch.

Simile vs. Metaphor Practice

The three best words that best describe you, Are as follows, and I quoteStink! Stank! Stunk! 

You're a rotter Mr. GrinchYou're the king of sinful sotsYour heart’s a dead tomato squashed with moldy purple spotsMr. Grinch

Simile vs. Metaphor Practice

Your soul is a appalling dump heap Overflowing with the most disgracefulAssortment of deplorable rubbish imaginable, Mangled up in tangled up knots.

You nauseate me, Mr. GrinchWith a noxious super nosYou're a crooked jerky jockey and, You drive a crooked horseMr. Grinch! 

You're a three-decker sauerkrautAnd toadstool sandwich, With arsenic sauce!

Closing• Complete the sentences on two post-it notes and

post them on the correct signs as you leave class today.

One thing I

learned today

was….

One thing that helped my learning was…