Daily Warm-Up

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- After answering the questions, please justify why the other answers are WRONG.

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Unit 3: PoetryWhat Will I Learn During

this Lesson?As a result of the lessons

taught during this unit, you will be able to:

• Identify all types of figurative language.

• Document examples of our focus figurative language.

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words.

Example: slippery slope

Metaphors are COMPARISONS that describe one thing as if it were something else.

example: The house was a zoo this morning.

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Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sounds.

examples: crash, bang, and hiss

A symbol is anything that represents something else.

example: a dove is a common symbol for peace

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Let’s Review Figurative Language!

• Sarah sold several sailboats.

Alliteration

ONOMATOPOEIA

• BANG! Guns really sound like that, you know.

Peter Piper picked peppers.

Alliteration

He had arms of steel.

Metaphor

ONOMATOPOEIA

Drip…drip…drip…

Until he gets a career, he keeps chipping away at

his savings.

Metaphor

Langston Hughs• A poet during the

Harlem Renaissance

• He wrote about personal experiences – raised by his grandmother and his (single) mom

• He was the only person in his family to go to college

Langston Hughes

• Mother to Son

• I, Too, am America

• Dream Variations

Closure: Write down two examples of

METAPHOR