Vocabulary

Figurative language: language that uses words or

expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
Example: Love is a rose (Metaphor)

My phone died (Personification)

Its raining cats and dogs (idiom)

Figurative Language Games

GOOGLE: Figurative Language Jeopardy Labs (take 3) GOOGLE: Figurative Language Baseball Game GOOGLE: Figurative Language Basketball Game GOOGLE: Figurative Language Soccer Game

GOOGLE: Figurative Language Game

Project (100 Points Due Tuesday 4/9) 1. Pick songs you like. CLEAN songs only! 2. Copy the songs lyrics to a PowerPoint Slide. 3. Find 4, 6, 9 or 12 examples of Figurative language in the songs. Then complete the Figurative Language Song Organizer 4. Create a PowerPoint presentation to teach the 6 examples of figurative language and how they support the song. These cannot repeat, so only one of each type.

 SLIDE #1. Song title and lyrics SLIDE #2. Figurative Language 1. Fill out chart and explain
how this example of figurative language supports the song.

SLIDE #3. Figurative Language 2. Fill out chart and explain

how this example of figurative language supports the song.

SLIDE #4. Figurative Language 3. Fill out chart and explain

how this example of figurative language supports the song.

SLIDE #5. Figurative Language 3. Fill out chart and explain

how this example of figurative language supports the song.

SLIDE #6. Figurative Language 3. Highlight the figurative

language and explain how it supports the song.

Let It Be - The Beatles

When I find myself in times of trouble

Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me

There will be an answer, let it be. For though they may be parted there is Still a chance that they will see And when the night is cloudy, There is still a light that shines on me, Shine on until tomorrow, let it be. I wake up to the sound of music Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be. And when the broken hearted people Living in the world agree,

Example of Figurative Language #1

Song sentence/phrase Mother Mary comes to me speaking words of wisdom Type of Figurative Language Allusion: a reference to a well-known person or idea.

How does it support the song? This allusion to Mother Mary supports the song by making it something that everybody knows about and can relate to. This makes everybody think this is something that can also happen to them.

Happy Pharrell Williams

Example of Figurative Language #2

Song sentence/phrase Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof. Type of Figurative Language Simile: comparing two unlike things using like or as

How does it support the song? This simile supports the song by comparing the way the person feels to a house with not roof. This gives the idea that your are so happy you have no limits, there is no ceiling.