3. A nonhuman object/subject is given
human characteristics.
Examples: Even diamonds are jealous of your beauty.
The climbing rope
laughed at my weak
efforts to climb.
4. Directions: Visit the following web site
http://safeshare.tv/w/qHFAWDLJom. Watch the
video, locate one example of personification, copy
down as the “Example from Text” in your flip chart.
Personification :
5. An idiom is an expression that, taken literally, means
something other than it does figuratively.
To act crazy
Raining very hard
Examples: The soccer players
were going bananas after their
victory.
It’s raining cats and
dogs outside.
6. Directions: Using the next slide, locate an idiom, its
meaning, and example sentence. Copy down the
idiom’s example sentence in your figurative
language flip chart. Then, underline the idiom. Next,
write the idiom’s meaning below the copied
sentence .
7. *Bull in a china shop*
“You have knocked over three things. You are like a bull in a china
shop.”
- You are clumsy when you should be careful.
*Brings home the bacon*
“In our family, my dad brings home the bacon.”
- The person who brings home the bacon is the person who earns the
money that the family lives on.
*Snug as a bug in a rug*
“He was snug as a bug in a rug, curled up in his chair with his
blanket.
- You are snuggled in and are very comfortable and safe.
*Butterflies in her stomach*
“She had butterflies in her stomach as she walked onto the stage.”
- The feelings you get in your stomach when you are nervous or afraid.
*Ants in your pants*
“Would you sit still? You act link you have ants in your pants.”
- If you have ants in your pants you are excited and squirmy and
can’t sit still.* *Let the cat out of the bag*
“That was a secret and you let the cat out of the bag.”
- To share a secret that wasn’t supposed to be shared.
IDIOMS – Example sentences and meanings
8. Exaggerated statement not meant to
be taken literally
Examples: I’m so hungry I
could eat a horse.
It took my sister one
hundred years to clean
her room.
9. Directions: Visit the following web site
https://safeshare.tv/x/ss58ca80b1eaaea. Watch the video of the
poem “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout” by Shel Silverstein. Next,
locate one example of hyperbole in the poem, and copy the
found example in your figurative language flip chart. A printed
copy of the poem is on the next slide.
