🎯 Learning Goals

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Identify similes and metaphors in poetry

Explain how imagery creates meaning in a poem

Analyze how figurative language contributes to tone and message

📚 Part 1: Identifying Figurative Language

1. Which of these is a simile?

The wind whispered secrets

Her voice was like velvet

Time is money

The stars danced overhead

2. Which of these is a metaphor?

The ocean roared as loud as a lion

Life is a journey

The flowers swayed like dancers

She runs fast as lightning

3. Check all examples that create vivid imagery:

The crimson sunset painted the sky

It was very hot outside

The bitter wind cut through my jacket

The music was loud

4. Complete this simile: "The storm clouds gathered like ________________"

5. Turn this simple sentence into a metaphor: "The city is busy."

The city is _________________________________

6. Read this line from a poem: "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul."

What does this metaphor mean? How does it help you understand hope?

7. Choose a metaphor or simile from today's poem. Explain how it helps you understand the poem's message.

My chosen figurative language: ________________________________

8. Extension Challenge: Write your own simile or metaphor about one of these topics: friendship, courage, or dreams.

9. Exit Ticket: Write one new thing you learned about imagery or metaphor today.