Thursday, November 16, 2017

Imagine All The Imagery

Author: Abigail V.
This assignment would be for the secondary level. The objective also known as the TLW- the learner will would be for students to understand how imagery and figurative language is used in literature, nonfiction, fiction and even poetry. The author uses imagery to paint a picture in the readers mind, appealing to the five senses: touch, smell, see, taste, hear. Figurative language is used for comparisons and expressions. Students must understand why figurative language and imagery are important.

Teaching How to Recognize and Use Imagery and Figurative Language

Review: In recognizing and using IMAGERY and FIGURATIVE Language remember:
·       Imagery uses sensory details to create pictures in the reader’s mind.
·       Figurative Language uses imaginative comparisons and other expressions that are not literally true.
·       Similes use like or as to link two things that are not alike.
·       Metaphors link two unlike things without using like or as.
·       Personification gives human qualities to nonhuman things.
·       Hyperbole exaggerates the literal facts.

Directions: For each item, CIRCLE the letter of the best answer.

1.    Which of these sentences contains a metaphor?
a.    Grandfather’s photograph was a bridge to our family’s long-lost past.
b.    Our grandfather did not smile often, but when he did, it was like a ray of sunshine.
c.    Our grandfather’s rarely seen smile was recorded in the beautiful photograph.
2.    Which of these sentences uses personification?
a.    The chair’s legs were bent at odd angles, and its back looked weak.
b.    The chair wobbled like a young colt whenever anyone sat on it.
c.    After 30 years on the job the chair decided to retire last Tuesday.
3.    “I did not take a single breath from the first moment to the last moment of the game” is an example of what type of language?
a.     Simile
b.    hyperbole
c.    literate language




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