Figurative Language-symbol simile metaph

Understanding Poetry : 

Understanding Poetry Painting Pictures with Words

Seeing the pictures in a poem : 

Seeing the pictures in a poem Poems capture things that prose can’t The combination of the sound, rhythm and descriptions in poetry make poetry a “picture painted in words”

What picture do you see in this poem? : 

What picture do you see in this poem? I’d never seen cows in the kitchen. That’s why it was such a surprise when I went to grandmother’s dairy farm, the cows there made so many pies.

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What is the joke in this poem? : 

What is the joke in this poem? “the cows there made so many pies” This is a cow pie!!

Figurative Language: Adding deeper descriptions : 

Figurative Language: Adding deeper descriptions Figurative Language uses words that are not common, or “figures of speech” to express meaning in a fresh or powerful way. Figurative Language is a TOOL that writers use to help people “see” what is in their poetry

Types of Figurative Language : 

Types of Figurative Language Symbolism A symbol is an object or picture that represents an abstract idea A sword is a symbol of war A dollar sign is a symbol of money A hammer is a symbol of work

Tell what these symbols represent… : 

Tell what these symbols represent… I hope you travel this road with the wind at your back.. What does road symbolize? Moses held up his staff and the seas parted What does his staff symbolize? The pen is mightier than the sword What do pen and sword symbolize?

Symbolism Practice : 

Symbolism Practice Snake River Mountain Corn Seeds Storms Can symbolize…….

Connect 4 : 

Connect 4 Snake House Dragon Lion Lamb Gun Bathroom Heart Pumpkin Egg Lightning Bolt Rain Shaking hands Skeleton Eagle Suit and tie Wedding dress Candle Cow Monkey Sun Rainbow Fire Crown Can symbolize…….

Types of figurative language : 

Types of figurative language Metaphor: An author uses a metaphor to compare two things WITHOUT “like” or “as” to give us a better picture. Examples: “My brother is a rat. He’s always telling my secrets to other people.” The woman is my old flame; she is not my girlfriend anymore. The boy is a loose cannon; He gets so mad at nothing!

One more type of figurative language : 

One more type of figurative language Simile: Comparing two things WITH the words “like” or “as” Examples: My love is like a red, red rose —Robert Burns You are like a hurricane: there's calm in your eye, but I'm getting blown away His temper was as explosive as a volcano.

Can you find metaphors or similes in these poems? : 

Can you find metaphors or similes in these poems? I'm a riddle in nine syllables,An elephant, a ponderous house,A melon strolling on two tendrils.O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.Money's new-minted in this fat purse.I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.I've eaten a bag of green apples,Boarded the train there's no getting off. Sylvia Plath

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“Metaphors” I'm a riddle in nine syllables,An elephant, a ponderous house,A melon strolling on two tendrils.O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!This loaf's big with its yeasty rising.Money's new-minted in this fat purse.I'm a means, a stage, a cow in calf.I've eaten a bag of green apples,Boarded the train there's no getting off. Sylvia Plath

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Chocolate Cake, author unknown Friends are like chocolate cake, you can neverhave too many.Chocolate cake is like heaven -always amazing you with each taste or feeling.Chocolate cake is like life with so manydifferent pieces.Chocolate cake is like happiness,you can never get enough of it.

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Flint An emerald is as green as grass,A ruby red as blood;A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone,To catch the world's desire;An opal holds a fiery spark;But a flint holds a fire. Christina Rossetti 1830-1894

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The crab is… A dancing pair of scissors Cutting up water all the time. It’s face is a red hot sun Burning the sand to dust. It is a dancing teacher Waiting for it’s students. -Anonymous

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A spider is a Black dark midnight sky. Its web is a Ferris wheel. It has a fat moon body and legs of dangling string. Its eyes are like little match ends.