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Figurative language Activity 1

Read the following two stories and think about what makes them different.

Story 1: Toby was lost. He must have wandered off from his
family during their morning hike because around noon he realized that he was all alone in the middle of the woods. He wasnt frightened exactly, but he was definitely anxious to find his family before evening. The thought of spending a night in the woods alone was a scary one. Heaving a sigh, Toby walked on.

Story 2: Toby was totally lost. He must have wandered off

from his family during their morning hike because around noon he realized that he was alone in the middle of the wide whispering woods. Thonk! Thunk! went his feet on the soft pine needles that covered the ground like a soft brown blanket. Birds twittered and tweeted from the skyscraping branches of trees, but there was no sound of his family. He wasnt frightened exactly, but he was as anxious
as a fish out of water to find his family before evening. The thought of spending a night in the woods alone was one that made his heart dance a fearful frenzied jig in his chest. Heaving a sigh, Toby tiredly trudged on.

What makes these two stories different?

Activity 2
Watch a Video about Figurative language, then match the paper strips with the correct Figurative language. One has been done for you as an example. Figurative language
Personification

Definition
---give human qualities to an animals or an object

Example

Alliteration

Assonance

Hyperbole

Onomatopoeia

---naming an action or a thing according to what it sounds like

Metaphor

Simile

Activity 3
Identify the types of Figurative language used in Story 2.
Figurative Language Example in Story 2

Activity 4
Read the following story and then rewrite it including at least two types of figurative language.
Mandy sat up late in her bedroom trying to study. She was an all-A student, and tomorrows math test was an important one. Lying back on her bed for a minute Mandy started daydreaming about going to college and becoming a doctor one day.

Occurs when you got the same sound at the start of every word When Sally seems to sit somewhere separate from Sonia Caleb calls Chris cause hes coming to California When you got the vowel sound that keeps sounding the same Its what Im trying to define by providing this example You use to compare two unrelated things with an element thats shared It uses like or as My mind is like an ocean Its as smooth as jazz Got to leave like and as out My mind is an ocean My words are a river The suns smiling down The boat hugged the shore A buzz or adding or a hiss or a roar Take something true, then exaggerate it way father Man, thats like a million times harder