5D+Figurative+Language

=__**FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE**__=
 * As we discussed, authors often use figurative language to express ideas in a symbolic way. For example, in __Tuck Everlasting__, Babbitt says that the frog is grimacing. We know that the frog does not feel the emotions that a human feels when he or she grimaces. However, the word helps paint a picture in our minds of what the frog's mouth looks like. Similes, metaphors, and personification are some examples of figurative language.**

//Personification//

 * Personification involves giving a human quality or action to a nonhuman object. The frog example above is an example of personification. In each of the poems we discussed today, the author uses personification to create images.

[|"The Sky is Low" by Emily Dickinson] [|"Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room" by William Blake] [|"April Rain Song" by Langston Hughes]**

**//Metaphor//**
A figure of speech stating that two things are similar "The book was a passport to adventure."

//Simile//
A comparison using "like" or "as" "She floated into the room like a cloud."

Choose five sentences from the following list and rewrite them using personification. Please use a piece of looseleaf for this assignment. 1. My bedroom door (opened). 2. The puppy (barked) when I left for school. 3. The leaf (fell) from the tree. 4. The flashlight (went on). 5. Hair (is) on my head. 6. The CD player (made a noise). 7. The net (moves) when the basketball goes through. 8. The player piano keys (moved up and down). 9. The space shuttle (took off). 10. The little arrow (moves) across the computer screen.
 * Assignment #1**

EXAMPLE: The hair on my head stands at attention. (#5)

There are many examples of personification in Chapter 1 of __Tuck Everlasting__. Review this chapter and find three sentences where Babbitt has used this type of figurative language. Give one example for the house, one for the cows, and one for the road. Please do this assignment on notebook paper or looseleaf.
 * Assignment #2**

EXAMPLE: 1. Road - "It widened and seemed to __pause__." 2. House - 3. Cows -