V4 - Figurative Language

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This lesson contains 20 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 6 videos.

time-iconLesson duration is: 30 min

Items in this lesson

5

Slide 1 - Video

00:38
"I'm like a bird"
A
Simile
B
Metaphor
C
Personification
D
Hyperbole

Slide 2 - Quiz

00:58
"You, with your words like knives..."
A
Metaphor
B
Simile
C
Understatement
D
Personification

Slide 3 - Quiz

01:07
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard calling me out when I'm wounded
A
Hyperbole
B
Understatement
C
Metaphor
D
Simile

Slide 4 - Quiz

01:15
"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag"
A
Metaphor
B
Simile
C
Hyperbole
D
Understatement

Slide 5 - Quiz

01:30
"Baby, you're a firework!"
A
Simile
B
Hyperbole
C
Personification
D
Metaphor

Slide 6 - Quiz

After this lesson...
... you can recognise examples of metaphors, similes, hyperboles, understatements and personifications!
... you can use the decision tree to identify the right type of figurative language

Slide 7 - Slide

Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Understatement
A comparison between two things that are seemingly unrelated
When inanimate objects are given human characteristics
Describing something in a way that makes it seem less important, bad, serious etc. than it really is
A comparison between two things with the words 'like' or 'as'
Exaggeration for emphasis or effect

Slide 8 - Drag question

Metaphor vs. Simile
A comparison between two things that are seemingly unrelated
A comparison between two things with the words 'like' or 'as'

Slide 9 - Slide

Hyperbole vs. Understatement
Describing something in a way that makes it seem less important, bad, serious etc. than it really is
Exaggeration for emphasis or effect

Slide 10 - Slide

Personification
When inanimate objects are given human characteristics

Slide 11 - Slide

Slide 12 - Video

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Slide 13 - Video

00:13
You're as cold as ice

is a
A
Personification
B
Hyperbole
C
Metaphor
D
Simile

Slide 14 - Quiz

1

Slide 15 - Video

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:

Slide 16 - Open question

1

Slide 17 - Video

00:23
"I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space"

is a
A
Personification
B
Simile
C
Metaphor

Slide 18 - Quiz

1

Slide 19 - Video

02:18
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

Which phrase contains a personification?

Slide 20 - Open question