TTO Literary Features PART 1 (online version)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today's Programme

- Literary Features    PART 1

Lesson Objective:

- You can recognise metaphors, similes and personification in a text.

Metaphor

• Imagery (beeldspraak)


• Does not literally mean what it states
• Right before confronting her teacher she got cold feet.
• She became afraid and did not want to do it anymore.

Do you know another 'metaphor'?

Simile

• Comparison

• Metaphor with both objects mentioned, interjected by "like" or "as".

• The dark clouds covered the city like a thick black blanket.

Do you know another example of a 'simile' ?

Personification

• human characteristics          attritubed to objects

• I love my thesaurus, which always helps me when I need to find a more academic word! 

Do you know another example of 'personification'?

Week Task

Please do Paper 1 (all but question 15) of the Checkpoint Exam.