Do Now
1. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject and state the rule as
to why you chose the particular verb..
The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
2. Read the excerpt below and answer the following question:
All functions of your body not needed for the struggle about to
commence are shut down. Digestion stops, sexual function stops,
even your immune system is temporarily turned off. If necessary,
excess waste is eliminated to make you light on your feet.
Which answer choice means the same as commence as it is used in this sentence
from the fourth paragraph of the passage?
A) begin
B) disappear
C) flight
D) stop
Do Now: Pop Quiz
1. What is imperialism?
2. What are the five reasons imperialists
chose Africa to colonize?
3. How did Social Darwinism play into
imperialism?
4. What type of imperialism does America
practice? Through what methods?
5. Define meticulous.
• 7 minutes- 30 points (0 if talking)
WoTD: implore
• to make a very serious or emotional
request to someone (part of speech?)
Stop and Jot
• Did you see the bear?
• Why do you think so many people did not
see the bear?
• How might this video relate to reading a
text?
Figurative Language
“Figuring it Out”
Figurative and Literal Language
Literally: words function exactly as defined
The car is blue.
He caught the football.
Figuratively: figure out what it means
I’ve got your back.
You’re a doll.
^Figures of Speech
Simile
Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”
Examples
The metal twisted like a ribbon.
She is as sweet as candy.
Important!
Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile.
A comparison must be made.
Not a Simile: I like pizza.
Simile: The moon is like a pizza.
Metaphor
Two things are compared without using
“like” or “as.”
Examples
All the world is a stage.
Men are dogs.
Her heart is stone.
Personification
Giving human traits to objects or ideas.
Examples
The sunlight danced.
Water on the lake shivers.
The streets are calling me.
Hyperbole
Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect.
Examples
I will love you forever.
My house is a million miles away.
She’d kill me.
Understatement
Expression with less strength than expected.
The opposite of hyperbole.
I’ll be there in one second.
This won’t hurt a bit.
Onomatopoeia
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A word that “makes” a sound
SPLAT
PING
SLAM
POP
POW
Alliteration
• Alliteration occurs when a series of words
in a row (or close to a row) have the same
first consonant sound.
• “She sells sea-shells down by the seashore”
• “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled
Peppers”
Idiom
• A saying that isn’t meant to be taken
literally.
• Doesn’t “mean” what it says
• Don’t be a stick in the mud!
• You’re the apple of my eye.
• I have an ace up my sleeve.
Pun
• A form of “word play” in which
words have a double meaning.
• I wondered why the baseball
was getting bigger and then it
hit me.
• I’m reading a book about antigravity. It’s impossible to put it
down.
• I was going to look for my
missing watch, but I didn’t
have the time.
Proverb
• A figurative saying in which a bit of
“wisdom” is given.
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away
• The early bird catches the worm
Oxymoron
• When two words are put together that
contradict each other. “Opposites”
• Jumbo Shrimp
• Pretty Ugly
• Freezer Burn
Quiz
On a separate sheet of paper…
1. I will put an example of figurative
language on the board.
2. You will write whether it is an simile,
metaphor, personification, hyperbole,
pun, proverb, idiom, onomatopoeia,
oxymoron or understatement.
3. You can use your notes.
1
He drew a line as straight as an arrow.
2
Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn
are kings and queens.
3
Can I see you for a second?
4
The sun was beating down on me.
5
A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky.
6
I'd rather take baths
with a man-eating shark,
or wrestle a lion
alone in the dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework,
my teacher assigns.
7
Ravenous and savage
from its long
polar journey,
the North Wind
is searching
for food—
8
Dinner is on the house.
9
Can I have one of your chips?
10
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
11.
• The clouds smiled down at me.
12.
• SPLAT!
13.
• She is as sweet as candy
14.
• I could sleep forever!
15.
• He drove his expensive car into a tree and
found out how the Mercedes bends
16.
• I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got
over it
17.
• The wheat field was a sea of gold.
18.
• The streets called to him.
19.
• POP!
20.
• She was dressed to the nines.
21.
• The early bird catches the worm.
22.
• Old news
23.
• Your face is killing me!
24.
• She was as white as a ghost.
25.
• She has a skeleton in her closet.
1
He drew a line as straight as an arrow.
SIMILE
2
Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn
are kings and queens.
METAPHOR
3
Can I see you for a second?
UNDERSTATEMENT
4
The sun was beating down on me.
PERSONIFICATION
5
A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky.
SIMILE
6
I'd rather take baths
with a man-eating shark,
or wrestle a lion
alone in the dark,
eat spinach and liver,
pet ten porcupines,
than tackle the homework,
my teacher assigns.
HYPERBOLE
7
Ravenous and savage
from its long
polar journey,
the North Wind
is searching
for food—
PERSONIFICATION
8
Dinner is on the house.
IDIOM
9
Can I have one of your chips?
UNDERSTATEMENT
10
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
PROVERB
11.
• The clouds smiled down at me.
PERSONIFICATION
12.
• SPLAT!
ONOMOTOPEIA
13.
• She is as sweet as candy
SIMILE
14.
• I could sleep forever!
HYPERBOLE
15.
• He drove his expensive car into a tree and
found out how the Mercedes bends
PUN
16.
• I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got
over it
SIMILE
17.
• The wheat field was a sea of gold.
METAPHOR
18.
• The streets called to him.
PERSONIFICATION
19.
• POP!
ONOMOTOPEIA
20.
• She was dressed to the nines.
IDIOM
21.
• The early bird catches the worm.
PROVERB
22.
• Old news
OXYMORON
23.
• Your face is killing me!
HYPERBOLE
24.
• She was as white as a ghost.
SIMILE
25.
• She has a skeleton in her closet.
IDIOM
Things Fall Apart
• By Chinua Achebe
• Who remembers what kind of novel the video said
Things Fall Apart was?
• We will be reading two chapters in each class,
meaning we have little time to waste
• Often, you will have guiding questions you will be
responsible for answering as you read along
• We will be taking frequent reading quizzes, so it is
important you are paying attention and taking notes
• A lot of unfamiliar names/sayings, so we will work
together as best we can to pronounce them