GOOD MORNING!
COMPARE THE TWO STORIES
STORY 1:
Toby was lost. He is already
crying. He must have wandered
off from his family during their
morning hike because around
noon he realized that he was all
alone in the middle of the woods.
He was definitely anxious to find
his family before evening. The
thought of spending a night in
the woods alone was a scary one.
Heaving a sigh, Toby walked on.
STORY 2:
Toby was totally lost, as any needle in a
stack of hay. He already cried a bucket of
tears finding his way home. He must have
wandered off from his family during their
morning hike because around noon he
realized that he was alone in the middle
of the wide whispering woods. Thonk!
Thunk! went his feet on the soft pine
needles that covered the ground like a
soft brown blanket. Birds twittered and
tweeted from the sky-scraping branches
of trees, but there was no sound of his
family. “Mom! Dad!”, he screamed. He
was as anxious as a fish out of water to
find his family before evening. The
thought of spending a night in the woods
alone was one that made his heart dance
a fearful frenzied jig in his chest. Heaving
a sigh, Toby tiredly trudged on.
LESSON OBJECTIVES:
• Provide examples of the different popular figurative
languages.

• Write their own figures of speech and incorporate

them into a poem.

• Relate the importance of figurative language in

making a poem.
FIGURES OF
SPEECH
FIGURES OF SPEECH
• are not literally true

• make imaginative connections

• express meaning in fresh and original

ways
 FIGURATIVE VS. LITERAL
FIGURATIVE LITERAL

NOT MEAN WHAT MEAN WHAT YOU

YOU SAY BUT SAY
IMPLYING
SOMETHING ELSE.
 4 COMMON FIGURES OF
SPEECH
•Simile
•Metaphor
•Personification
•Hyperbole
SIMILE
SIMILE
•  A simile is a comparison between two objects using the
words 'like,' 'as,' 'seems' or 'appears.’

• EXAMPLE

My dog is like a tornado; she dashes through the house,

destroying everything she touches.
METAPHOR
METAPHOR
• A metaphor is a comparison between two objects without
using the words listed above. Metaphors are usually stated as
one object is another object.

• Example:

The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.

PERSONIFICATION
PERSONIFICATION
• Personification is when you assign the qualities of a
person to something that isn't human or that isn't even alive, like
nature or emotions.

• Example:

The fire ran wild.

The wind whispers secrets in my ears.
HYPERBOLE
HYPERBOLE
• Hyperbole from a Greek word meaning "excess," is a figure of speech
that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis. It is the
opposite of understatement.

• Example:

I've told you to clean your room a million times!

My geography teacher is older than the hills.
APPLICATION
• The class will be divided into 4 groups, each group is going to choose one topic or
theme to revolve their collaborative poem around. All, or at least majority, of the
group members must agree on the topic. The topics have to be school appropriate
and some examples are school, sports, a television show, a movie, etc. Each person
will choose a type of figurative language and write one based on the topic you
choose. No two people can have the same type of figurative language. The teacher
will give the class 3 minutes to write the down the figurative language that revolves
around the topic chosen for your group poem.
• Afterwards, each group will take out a blank piece of paper and write all of the
figures of speech you guys came up with. You will have about 10 minutes to choose
which order you want the poem in. This will be your collaborative poem.
ASSIGNMENT/AGREEMENT
• Create some type of illustration for your
collaborative poems.