Figurative Language

Today Miss Gibson told us that she would begin teaching us about Figurative Language! Miss Gibson told us that figurative language consists of similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperboles. Miss Gibson told us that we would learn about these over the next couple of days!
Miss Gibson told us that a simile compares two things using like or as, a metaphor compares two things NOT using like or as, personification is giving human qualities to something that is NOT human, and a hyperbole is an exaggeration. Miss Gibson had the poem, "Summer Grass", written on chart paper. She called us up and had us identify the figurative language throughout the poem. Once we finished this activity, Miss Gibson paired us with a partner. Miss Gibson told us that we were going to make a double bubble map on personification and hyperbole. She showed us an example of what it would look like. Miss Gibson then told us that around the correct bubble, we would write examples of each figurative language. Where the bubbles connected, the students would write WHY personification and hyperbole are used!

Armand pointing out the figurative language found in the poem to Miss Gibson.

Andrew and Mary working together to complete their double-bubble map!

Jalyn, Daijana, and Makayla hard at work!

Jamiee and Dorien hard at work!

We had a great lesson on figurative language! As you can see in the pictures above, we understand the difference between personification and hyperbole. This was a great way for us to show what we learned about figurative language!