Let me see, some brain activity!

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

What do you think of when you think of poetry?

Today:

- Learn about figurative speech

Next lessons:

- Have a look at a poem

- Write your own poem

- Learn about poetry slam

- Have our own poetry slam in class

On your own

Do the exercises on your own.

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On the next slides:

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Literal language

Figurative language

It was very rainy today.

I died laughing.

You are my sunshine.

The new teacher is as tall as a giraffe.

I am very hungry

The shoes are red

onomatopoeia

alliteration

metaphor

simile

idiom

The owl hooted in the night

Busy buzzing, the bee behaved beautifully. 

Mary's voice is music to my ears.

Her smile is as bright as the sun.

Time flies

Write an idiom that goes with this pic.

Write an idiom that goes with this pic.

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Write down which idiom you've chosen:

Upload a picture for your idiom here:

Exercise:

- Look at the picture on the next page

- Write down a sentence about one of the people

- Use a metaphor or simile to do this

Write down one more about a different person:

Which sentence is an example of alliteration?

1. The snow is a white blanket
2. Sheep should sleep in a shed

Which is "alliteration"

1. Kim's kid kept kicking like crazy!
2. I am starving to death!
3. The bank director has gone bankrupt
4. Life is like a box of chocolates

Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds
the other answers are hyperbole (starving to death)
irony (a bank director should know how to spend his money) and simile (a comparisson using "like")

Name one more example of alliteration

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personification

Answer the questions on the next pages.

Explain what personification is. You may add an image as an answer.

Write down a personification using "the sun".

Choose your favourite item in your book bag and write it down:

Now try to use it in a personification:

On the next page...

you will find part of a poem we will look at next week.

It's a poem about Manchester. 

Read through the first paragraph and answer the last questions!

This is the place

This is the place in the North West of England

It’s ace, it’s the best and the songs that we sing

From the stands, from our bands set the whole planet shaking

Our inventions are legends! There’s nowt we can’t make and

Which (parts of) sentences can be seen as personifications?

Give me one word to describe this lesson

Are you looking forward to some poetry?

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You have finished!

You can either:

- study words on quizlet

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