Figurative Language: Metaphors and Similes

Figurative Language:Metaphors and SimilesOBJECTIVESStudents will use images to create similes/metaphors that have meaning.Students will be able to interpret a poets meaning through his or her use of metaphors or similes.Connect IMAGE to MEANINGStudents will be able to derive THEME of a poem, based on figurative language. Figurative Language PrepAll Figurative Language is based on IMAGERY.To understand what a poet means, we have to understand the image. Activity:I will put up an IMAGE.You must do the following:Give the image a TITLE or TOPICExplain or Summarize whats going on in the picture.Then, fill in the blank:

X is like _______(Image)________.

Come up with a comparison of your own. What can you figuratively explain about an experience that the image captures?EXAMPLE

This is a picture of a bike race, with a guy winningBARELY. 1. Title/Topic: Barely getting the win after a 150-mile race.2. Summary: These guys fought it out the same, they are ALL right there, but only one guy gets the trophy. There is no prize for the others.3. Comparison: Trying to get promoted is LIKE eking out a win after 150 miles

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NOTES!SIMILE: A comparison between two LIKE objects, using like or as to connect the ideas. Life is LIKE a box of chocolates.Similes are not as strong as

METAPHOR: A direct comparison between two UNLIKE objects. Life IS a box of chocolates.Metaphors can be DIRECT (like above) or INDIRECT.

Both have a VEHICLE (initial object) and a TENOR (the image)You must be able to see the image to understand the meaning.Images can be POSITIVE or NEGATIVE.8Nowgo backwardsRead Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes.What do you think he is saying about Dreams?

He uses FIVE similes and ONE metaphor.Create a Web Organizer as shown. What does Hughes REALLY mean?Dream Deferred By Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore--And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode? Using graphic organizer, IDENTIFY the FIVE similes, and the ONE metaphor.

Dreams = the Vehicle

Images = the TenorWrite a paragraph to explain the meaning of Hughes poem. In Dream Deferred, the poet thinks that dreams that are put on hold are ________________. We see this through his use of similes. For example, when the speaker says that dreams are like ____________________, he means _________________________. _______________. When he writes that dreams are like ____________, he suggests that_____________________.For all SIX: LONG PARAGRAPH.Because of the use of similes and metaphors, it is easy to see that theme of this poem is ________________________________.