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Similes and metaphors are two examples of figurative language. Writers use figurative language to appeal to the readers' five senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste. Figurative language brings writing to life, enhancing and enriching the experience of reading.
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Overview of the Lesson
This lesson is developed to meet the California State Standards of the Literary Response and Analysis Strand for 6th grade Language Arts. The modularity of the lesson enables it to serve as both an introductory lesson to similes and metaphors as well as a review lesson for more advanced students. Students may work through the lesson at their own pace and go back and forth between the topics.
California State Content Standards
3.0 Literary Response and Analysis
Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text:
3.4. define how tone or
meaning is conveyed in poetry through word choice, figurative language, sentence
structure, line length, punctuation, rhythm, repetition, and rhyme
3.7. explain the effects of key literary devices in a variety of fictional and non-fictional texts (e.g., symbolism, imagery, metaphor)
Acknowledgements
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