V4 - Figurative Language - ME - Plot structure Review

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Review Literary terms (plot structure, theme)

Review Figurative language

Review Middle English

Homework: 50 KP on RT + Figurative Language worksheet 5 on ereadingworksheets.com

Date SO Unit 3 

Start U3L5: Volunteer work!

Write down everything you remember from figurative language (we discussed 5 terms)

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Understatement

She is a walking dictionary

The car is feeling cranky today

The middle of the street isn’t the best place for your child to play.

She hung her head like a dying flower

I would die without you!

00:48

Identify the type of figurative language + the example

00:19

Havana, ooh-na-na (ayy) Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh na-na (ayy, ayy)
He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na, ah
Oh, but my heart is in Havana (ayy)
There's somethin' 'bout his manners (uh-huh)
Havana, ooh-na-na (uh)

Identify the hyperbole:

00:14

You're as cold as ice

is a

1. Personification
2. Hyperbole
3. Metaphor
4. Simile

00:54

"I walk a lonely road"

1. Personification
2. Understatement
3. Hyperbole
4. Metaphor

00:51

Identify the type of figurative language + provide the example

00:28

"I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space"

is a

1. Personification
2. Simile
3. Metaphor

02:19

Which phrase of the lyrics contains a personification?

I'm never gonna dance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend, I know you're not a fool
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again the way I danced with you

MIDDLE ENGLISH

Literary History

MIDDLE ENGLISH

What is the time span of the Middle English period?

1. 1066 - 1340
2. 1066 - 1485
3. 800 - 1066
4. 1340 - 1400

What does the Tapestry of Bayeux depict?

1. The history of Britain from 1066 - 1450
2. The Battle of Beowulf against Grendle
3. The Battle of Hastings
4. The 100 years' war

After the Norman conquest, the upperclasses spoke

1. French
2. Middle English
3. Danish
4. Modern English

The courtly love tradition...

1. Man and woman fall in love
2. Woman admires man's heroism
3. Man feels dejected by perfect woman
4. Woman is given a voice

What is a troubadour?

The Wife of Bath's tale

In your notebook...

write down a short summary of the Wife of Bath's tale

The Canterbury Tales - Wife of Bath

Study Questions - answer in your notebook

What question is central to this tale?

What lesson is to be learned from the story?

What does the story tell you about women in medieval society?

What do you think about the punishment for the knight? Too severe? Or not at all?

Unit 3, Lesson 5: Volunteer

Volunteer work?

To do now

Go to Workaway.info

Browse hosts / countries / something you are interested in (reviews / safety are very important!)

Once you have found something you're interested in (or you know what type of work/country you would like, complete Ex. 8 (U3L5)

For exercise 8f/8g/8h/8i, write well-structured paragraphs! You have to stand out and make the hosts interested in you as a worker.

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Understatement

A comparison between two things without 'like' or 'as'

Giving human traits to objects or ideas

Expression with less strength (opposite of hyperbole)

A comparison between two things with the words 'like' or 'as'

Exaggeration for emphasis or effect

Provide an example of an understatement