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SWBAT…

1. Review my comprehensive exam skills with 80% accuracy.

Name: __________________________

HR: ____________________________

Date:______________________________

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Notes – Analogies

________________________________________ are a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Analogies require you to identify the ______________________________________________ between a pair of words.

In the following pages we will study of the _________________________________________ relationships analogies can follow.

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Guided Practice - Analogies

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Independent Practice - Analogies

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Notes – Connotation vs. Denotation

When you look in a dictionary, you are looking for the ________________________________ of a word – its literal meaning. Besides a denotation, a word may have a ___________________________________ as well. A ______________________________________ is an implied meaning. The feelings, images, and memories that are attached to a word make up its connotation.

Directions: Look at these pairs of synonyms. Decide if the words have a positive or negative connotation.

Word Positive Connotation Negative Connotationthriftycheapslenderskinnystubborndeterminedrobustfatconceitedproudaggressivepushy

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Guided Practice – Connotation and Denotation

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Guided Practice – Connotation and Denotation

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Independent Practice – Connotation and Denotation

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Notes – Figurative Language

“Even though we were in the library when Fred told that joke, I literally exploded into laughter.”

The word “_______________________________” refers to the actual ____________________________ definition of a word.

The word “______________________________” in the sentence above means to burst apart. The speaker of that sentence didn’t mean that she actually (or ___________________________________) burst apart.

Instead, the speaker meant it “________________________________________.”

We use figurative language when language is used in a ________________ - _____________________ way.

Words are used to express an _________________________________________ (“I exploded with laughter”) or to create an ___________________________ for the reader (“His room was a pigpen”).

Listed below are some common forms of figurative language:

Simile:

Metaphor:

Personification:

Hyperbole:

Guided Practice – Similes vs. Metaphors

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Directions: Below are sentences that contain a metaphor or a simile. In the blank provided, identify which is used in each sentence by writing metaphor or simile.

1) The sky was the color of the calm Pacific, thousands of miles from land.

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2) I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation.

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3) She was a kite, floating above the confusion around her.

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4) Like a silent thief, the dog crept into the kitchen.

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5) My thoughts uttered from subject to subject like a butterfly visiting flowers in a field.

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6) The dark, cold and silent room was a tomb.

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7) My noisy sister was like a buzzing fly.

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8) Soft and warm, the bed was an inviting oasis.

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9) The child’s tears were cold raindrops from a tiny cloud.

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10) The sunshine was like a warm blanket on a cold and rainy night.

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Guided Practice – Personification vs. Hyperbole

Directions: Below are sentences that contain personification or a hyperbole. In the blank provided, identify which is used in each sentence by writing personification or hyperbole.

1. The raindrops danced along the window pane.

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2. One unhappy icicle wasted away in the day.

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3. The apartment was so dirty that you would need a hazmat team to enter it.

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4. The moon turned over to face the day.

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5. These shoes are killing me.

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6. Yeah, I already beat that game 80,000 years ago.

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7. The angry storm pounded the tin shelter.

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8. Nobody listens to that song anymore.

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9. Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.

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10. Old Mr. Johnson has been teaching here since the Stone Age.

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11. The traffic noises argued long into the night and finally Cal went to sleep.

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12. Forget knocking it out of the park, Frank can knock a baseball off the continent.

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Notes - Revising and Editing

Main ideas are: __________________________________________________________________

Supporting details are: ___________________________________________________________

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Guided Practice – Main Idea/Supporting Details

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** Extra copies of homework can be found at Ms. Underwood’s class website: ccaunderwood.weebly.com

1. Create a sentence that includes an example of personification.

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2. Explain how the sentence created for question 1 demonstrates personification.

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3. Create a sentence that includes an example of a metaphor.

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4. Explain how the sentence created for question 3 exemplifies this literary device.

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5. Create a sentence that includes an example of hyperbole.

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6. Explain how the sentence created for question 5 exemplifies this literary device.

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