1. She is pulling my leg

2. Standard
• ELACC7L5: Demonstrate understanding
of figurative language, word relationships,
and nuances in word meanings.

3. Essential Questions
1. What is the difference between literal and
figurative language?
2. What are some of the types of figurative
language?

4. Links
Prezi
“Firework”

5. Standards
• ELACC7L5: Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language, word relationships, and
nuances in word meanings.
• ELACC7RL4: Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a text, including
figurative and connotative meanings; analyze
the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of
sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or
stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

6. Essential Questions
1. How does figurative language enhance a
piece of writing?
2. How can we use our knowledge of
figurative language to interpret the
author’s meaning in a poem?

8. The Final Deployment
By Anna Prokos
Selena strapped on her sneakers
and ran to the airport
like a race horse sprints to the
finish line.
She trotted past traffic and trees,
Zipped over curbs and cracks
And soon reached her final
destination
Where a thousand of her closest
friends waited.
And turned their owl eyes in her
direction
She took a gasp so loud
it was heard on three other
continents.
Selena spotted her brother
Thin, clean-shaven, and a fit fiddle
The siblings stared straight
at each other
And ran to give hugs that
had waited
Too long to be given.
Then, like champions
taking their final lap,
Ran home to proclaim their
memories back.
As family kissed and
hugged
and cried a river of tears,
Selena kicked off her
sneakers
That slumped with
exhaustion near
combat boots that had a
million stories to tell.

9. Instructions
1. Identify examples of the following types of
figurative language: simile, metaphor,
personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia,
alliteration, idiom.
2. Explain why you chose to classify the example
as a particular type. (What about the example
makes it a simile/metaphor/hyperbole etc.)
3. Choose one example and explain its figurative
meaning.

10. Standard
• ELACC7L5: Demonstrate understanding
of figurative language, word relationships,
and nuances in word meanings.

11. Essential Questions
1. What is the difference between literal and
figurative language?
2. What are some of the types of figurative
language?
3. How does figurative language enhance a
piece of writing?

12. Figurative Language Poem
Compose a poem using figurative language
to describe your favorite animal.
Use the following outline to compose your poem:
Name of Animal
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration

13. Figurative Language Poem
Example
Crocodile
He is covered with thick, tough scales like an armored truck.
His teeth are sharp white knives.
The crocodile grins at the fish that race bravely past his open jaws.
His tail goes swish, swish as he swims through the swamp.
He is a patient predator pursuing his prey.

14. Relay Summary
You may:
• Answer one of the
EQ’s
• Define Important
Terms
• State Something
New You Learned
Essential Questions:
1. What is the difference
between literal and
figurative language?
2. What are some of the
types of figurative
language?
3. How does figurative
language enhance a
piece of writing?