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Grade 8, Reading Std #: 3.32 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language and analogy. Analyze the use of analogy in a passage. Analyze how figurative language enhances the comprehension of passages, but not label or define the figurative language. Simile Imagery Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Alliteration AHSGE Standard III - The student will apply critical analysis strategies and judge texts critically to comprehend passages from textual, functional, and recreational reading material.

Lesson Plans: "If I Could Talk Like the Animals" Teaching personification and narrative writing Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Alabama Lesson Plans User-friendly "Search" feature PDF document Freak the Mighty Using the novel to learn hyperboles and metaphors Personification Activities Several lessons on personification Alliteration Lessons Various lessons using alliteration Figurative Language: Metaphor Creating an original metaphor poem

Resources: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Sounds Like Poetry Poetry interactive game Glossary of Literary Terms List of literary terms Poetic Devices Handout Worksheet using poetic devices The Poetry Toolbox Simile and metaphor worksheet Paint By Idioms Interactive idiom website Alliteration Interactive activity using alliteration Figurative Language Simile and Metaphor activities Idioms Idiom activity Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B, I, T) Students highlight "like" or "as" to identify similes in a passage. (B, I, T) Working from a list, students highlight words that make a statement a hyperbole. Then they may practice transforming a sentence into a hyperbole. (B, I, T) Working from a list, students highlight words that indicate personification in a passage. Then they may rewrite the passage without the personification for comparison. (I, T) After the concept of alliteration is explained, students identify examples of alliteration in a passage then write alliterative sentences on sentence strips for display. See also Paint By Idioms Game for on-line practice in understanding idioms.
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