Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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Write in your agenda:
Linking Verbs
Review Figurative Language
Library/STAR Test/AR
Homework: Read for AR, Study for Figurative
Language Test.
Linking Verbs
• Add Both Linking and Helping Verbs to flip
book.
• Remember a linking verb joins the noun or
pronoun at or near the beginning of the
sentence with a word at or near the end. The
at the end identifies or describes the noun or
pronoun.
• Complete pg. 39 Linking Verbs together as a
class. Turn in packet for a completion grade.
figurative
language
Figurative language is the use of words that
go beyond their ordinary
meanings. Figurative language requires you
to use your imagination to figure out the
author's meaning.
The water’s reflection
was like the sun on
glass.
SIMILE-A figure of speech
comparing two different things
using the words “like” or “as.”
After the football game, the
boy was so sore he walked
like a toy soldier.
METAPHOR-A figure of speech comparing
two different things without using the
words “like” or “as.”
Stars are buttons off the
angels’ gowns.
Onomatopoeia-a word or words that
imitate a sound
The click, click, click
of the computer keys
gave Mrs. Jones a
headache.
Personification-giving
human characteristics to things
that are not human
The moonlight
walked across
the water.
HYPERBOLE-figurative language
where exaggeration is used for
emphasis
Our teacher is so old she
probably taught cavemen
how to make a wheel.
Alliteration-figurative language
using the repetition of consonant
sounds
ONOMATOPOEIA
What type of figurative
language is the following
sentence?
Helga hangs handkerchiefs
on the line.
ALLITERATION
What type of figurative language is
the following sentence?
The boy could swim like a fish.
SIMILE
What type of figurative language is
used in the following sentence?
John is a mountain
on the field.
What type of figurative
language is used in the
following sentence?
Jimmy is so skinny, a
skeleton looks fatter
than he does!
HYPERBOLE
What type of figurative language is the
following sentence?
The trees danced
by the shore.
What type of figurative language was
used?
• The eery silence was shattered
by her scream.
What type of figurative language is
being used?
The popcorn leapt out of the
bowl.
What type of figurative language is
used?
I am so hungry I could eat
a horse.
What type of figurative language is
used?
You are as sweet as apple
pie.
What type of figurative language is
used?
Careless cars cutting
corners create confusion
What type of figurative language is
being used?
School is the gateway to
adulthood.
What type of figurative language is
being used?
I grew feathers on my belly
All my fingers felt like jelly,
Then my feet got really smelly,
and my ears were green as
limes.
What type of figurative language is
being used?
You snore louder than a
freight train!
What type of figurative language is
being used?
I’m Zeke McPeake,
and when I speak,
my voice is but
a teeny squeak.
What type of figurative language is
being used?
Cory collected cola cans
counting continuously.
What type of figurative language is
being used?
The lake was left
shivering by the morning
wind.
What type of figurative language is
being used?
All the world is a stage.
What type of figurative language is
being used?
Mighty Mary married
Matthew.
What type of figurative language is
being used?
I fly high in the sky
because I am a kite.