2 - 8 Traditional Tales - Figurative Language

Figurative Language

Mr. Perez/Mr. James

2/8/2023

Objective:I can describe how the author’s use of

literal and figurative language such as
simile and metaphor, and sound devices
achieves specific purposes

Read Aloud:
Ten Suns: A Chinese
Legend
–What do you notice on the

cover?

–What can you infer the

story will be about?

–What questions do you

have based on the cover?

Summarize:
Ten Suns: A Chinese
Legend

–Summarize what the

whole story is about.

–Remember BME
–Use important details.
–3 – 5 sentences.

Figurative Language
1. Simile - comparison of two

things using “like” or “as”

2. Metaphor - comparison of

two things by saying one
thing is another thing

3. Personification - gives human

characteristics to an animal
or object

4. Hyperbole - an exaggeration,

usually used for dramatic
effect or to make people
laugh

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