The lesson plan introduces different types of figurative language including simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia. The teacher will define each term, provide examples from song lyrics, and have students analyze and identify the figures of speech. Activities include games to motivate students and apply their understanding. The goal is for students to understand the meaning and proper use of various figures of speech.

1. Detailed Lesson Plan
March 13, 2017
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I. Objectives:
At the endof the lessonthe studentswill be able to:
a) Define whatis Figurative Language
b) Give the definition andidentify eachTypesof Figurative Language (Metaphor,
Personification,Hyperbole, Simile,Onomatopoeia)
c) Create theirownexample/sof the differentTypesof Figurative Language
II. SubjectMatter:
a) Topic:Figurative Language
b) References:Google Images, CelebratingDiversityThroughWorldLiterature p423
, http://www.azlyrics.com/,http://examples.yourdictionary.com/figure-of-speech-
examples.html
Materials:LED tv, chalk,board,and visual aid
Values:Beingcompetitive andbeingsport.
III. Procedure:
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
1) RoutinaryActivities
a) Prayer
May I requesteveryone tostand?
Marichris,will youleadthe prayer.
b) Greetings
Good afternoon class!
c) ClassroomManagement
Miss secretary,have youcheckedthe
attendance?Oksodo we have any absentfor
today?
Class,before yousitdownkindlypickupall the
trasheson the floorandput theminthe nearest
trash bin.Afterthatplease arrange yourchair
thenfinallyyoumay all take yoursit.
2) PreparatoryActivities
a) Checkingof assignments
Class,I gave youan assignment,right?
Passyour assignmentsidewardtothe isle then
forward.
b) Reviewof the pastlesson
What was ourdiscussionyesterday?
So, what doesdenotationmean?
Verygood!Give me an example of denotation
Verygood!Now,whatisconnotation?
Excellent!Give me anexampleof connotation?
Nice sentence!
It lookslike youreallyunderstandourlesson.So,
we will move ontoanotherlesson.
 Studentswill standup
 One fromthe studentwill leadthe
prayer.
 Good afternoonsir!
 None,sir
 Studentswill dowhatthey have been
told
 Yes sir
 The studentswill passtheirassignments.
 ConnotationandDenotation,sir.
 Denotationisa word'sliteral meaning.
 A rose isa type of flower.
 connotationisa word's underlying
meanings;itisall the stuff we associate
witha word.
 Thisrose is a symbol of my love foryou.

2. A) Motivation
But before we proceedtoourlesson Iwill group
youintotwo. We will playthe game “Karaoke:
GuessingGame Relay”Afterthatwe’ll be
needing5representativesfrombothgroups.
Those representativeswillbe sittinghere in
front.The representativesneedtosingthe song
while theirteammatesguessthe title. Whenthe
firstvolunteerfinished, we’ll passthe container
to the secondvolunteeruntilwe gettothe last
one. Easy,right?Nowto make it way more fun.
The representativewill have topickone paper
fromthiscontainer.Each papercontainsa
monosyllabicwordthatyou’re goingtoreplace
withthe actual lyrics.Eachgroup will have two
minutestoguessat leastfive songs. Didyouget
it?The fastestgroupwill be ourwinnerandthey
will have asurprise.Are youready?Let’sstart
then.
Our winnerisgroup__! Let’scongratulate them
by givingthemaroundof applause.Here are
your scores.Forthe winninggroup,we have 100
points. Wasit fun?Didyou enjoyit?
Who inhere isfondof listeningtomusic?
Why doyou like tolistentomusic?
Ok thankyou.You may take your sit.Another?
B) LessonProper
Introducingthe lesson
Nice answer.Youmay take yoursit.Class you
knowthe quotation“Picturesbringback
thousandsof memories”the same goeswith
musicor song.Can you share us an example
 The studentswill get some songslike:
Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
Justthe Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Grenade – Bruno Mars
Skyscraper– Demi Lovato
All of Me – JohnLegend
Price Tag– Jessie J
Stay – Daryl Ong
ThousandMiles – VanessaCarlton
One Call Away – Charlie Puth
Rude – Magic!
Someone Like You – Adele
One Thing– One Direction
Roar – KatyPerry
Love the Way You Lie – Eminemft.
Rihanna
 Some studentsmayraise theirhands.
 Because itscalming.
(Answermayvary)
 Because theyhave wonderfulmeaning.
(Answermayvary)

3. where listeningtomusichelpedyouremember
thingsfromthe past?
Anyway,doyouknowthat song is one of the
mostcommon form of literature? Like novel,
some of themtell stories.Like poetry, some of
themdescribe feelings.Andthe lyricshasabig
helponinterpretingthe meaningof the song.
Ok let’sanalyse alyricfromthese songsand
afterthat we’ll interpretwhatthe songwriter
tryingto tell us.
a. Simile
Let’shave the firstsong.
What do youthinkisthe meaningof thatline
fromthe song?
Verygood interpretation!
Now,whatdid you observe with the wordsin
redfont?What is the relationbetween
dreamingandreality?
What didwe use to compare the two?
Exactly.Nowclassthat iscalledSimile.
Again, whatisa simile?
Ok verygood!
 From whenIwas on Elementaryand
everydaywe wouldlistentothe song
“TatlongBibe”and all of us will sing.So,
whenI am here onhighschool and the
songwentviral everytime theyplayitI
rememberall those thingsIdidfrom
whenI wason highschool.
(AnswermayVary)
 Sir,it issayingthat maybe herpartner
lefthimbecause she dreamstoomuch.
She didn’tknow thatdreamingmade her
lose withwhat’sreal.She gotlostin
dreamingthatit drove the boyaway from
her.
(Answermayvary)
 Sir, the word dreamingiscomparedto
the word dreaming.
 To compare the twowordsthe writer
usedthe word“as”
 A simile comparestwounlike objects,
and iscomparedby the wordas.

4. Let’shave anotherexample.
Thisline isfromthe song Fireworks.
Yes,verygood.It’s a line fromfirework.Now,
whatare two objectsbeingcompared?
What isusedto compare the two?
Verygood.It’sthe word “like”
So,what isa simile again?
Accurate answer!
Give me an example of simile.
Let’shave the secondsong.
b. Metaphor
Love Me Like You Do
By: Ellie Goulding
 The word You and plasticbagare the two
wordsbeingcompared,sir.
 The word like isusedtocompare,sir
 Simile isusedtocompare twounlike
objectswiththe use of the wordslike or
as.
 She islike a tigerwhenshe’sangry.
(Answersmayvary)

5. What do youthinkthe songwriteristryingtotell
us?
Ok verygood!Good analysis.
Now,whatdidyou notice onthe wordsin red
font?
Exactly!So,class that isa metaphor.
Let’shave anotherexample fromthe song“One
Thing”by One Direction.
What are the twoobjectsbeingcompared?
Verygood!So,what isMetaphor again?
Ok,now give me anotherexampleof metaphor?
Verygood!
Let’shave the thirdone.
c. Personification
Skyscraper
By: Demi Lovato
 The song istellingusthatthe girl isvery
importantto the boy.Andthe boy always
see the girl ineverything.That’show
much he lovesher.
 It still comparingtwounlike objects,sir.
But thistime itdidnot use like oras, sir.
 The objects,youand kryptonite,sir
 Metaphorcomparestwo unlike objects
directlyfora greaterimpact.
 She’sgoldtome.

6. What do youthinkdoesthat line mean?
Verygood!
How didyouknow?
The words inredis an example of
personification
Basedon that example,whatdoyouthinkisthe
meaningof personification?
Verygood!
Let’shave anotherexample,shallwe?Thisnext
songis BrunoMars’s “Justthe Way You Are”
What isthe thingthat wasgivenwithahuman
ability?
Indeed,itwas.
Do youunderstandnowwhatis personification?
Ok,give me anotherexample of personification
Verygood!
 Maybe sirit’sraining andthe girl isalso
cryingin the rain.Because some of us
that’swhat we do sothe people around
us will notknow thatwe are weak.
 Because of the word crying,sir.
 It meansgivingattributionof apersonal
nature or humancharacteristicsto
somethingnonhuman.
 The thingthat was givenanability from
the lyricis the whole world.
 Students answermayvary
 The calm sea startedto sing.

7. Let’snowhave the fourthone
d. Onomatopoeia
Price Tag
By: Jessie J
So howaboutthe words inred font?Do they
imitate something?
Verygood!So,what isonomatopoeia?
Ok verygood.
Let’shave anotherexample.This isKatyPerry’s
Roar
Now,where isouronomatopoeia?
Ok verygood!Again,whatisonomatopoeia?
Give me an example of onomatopoeia
 Yes sir,itis imitatingthe soundof money.
 Onomatopoeiais the imitationof sound
 The word roar is ouronomatopoeia,sir.
 Onomatopoeiaisusedtothe formation
of a wordfrom a soundassociatedwith
whatis named.
 The motorcycle goesbroombroomwhen
the police arrived.

8. e. Hyperbole
Let’snow have the lastone whichiswithouta
doubtthe most beautiful wordinthe entire
universe.Butbefore let’shave the examples
first
Grenade
By: BrunoMars
What do youthink doesthisphrase mean?
How aboutthe underlinedwords?
So,class that isan example of hyperbole.
Basedon that example whatdoyouthink does
hyperbole mean?
Let’shave anotherexample.
Love the Way You Lie
By: Rihannafeat.Eminem
 I thinkitmeansthat the boy will do
anythingforthe girl evenif itwill leadto
hisend.
 Sir,it’sexaggeratingthe thingsthe
writer/singerwoulddoforlove.
 Hyperbole means exaggerated
statementsorclaimsnotmeantto be
takenliterally.

9. What do youthinkdoesthat line mean?
Verygood!So give me anotherexampleof
hyperbole
Since youunderstandeachof them.All of them
belonginone category.Itis called Figuresof
Speech.
What isthe effectif we use Figuresof Speech?
Now,whatdo youthinkis the meaningof
Figuresof Speech?
Figuresof speech give awhole new texture to
our literatures.Italsogivesamillionwaysto
interpretourfeelings.
VeryGood!So, didyouunderstandourlesson?
C) Application
Before we have ourquizlet’shave againanother
game.I have here a ball whichcontainsan
example of figuresof speech,andwhatyou’re
goingto do isto identifythe type figure of
speechused.We will passitaroundwhile
singingasong.
D) Generalization
What are the commonlyusedfiguresof speech?
What isa simile?
What isa metaphor?
How aboutpersonification?
What isOnomatopoeia?
 Maybe itmeansthat the boyis havinga
hard time toexpresshisfeelingstothe
girl.
 I washeda mountainof platesbefore my
momletme watchtv.
 Theyprovide more waystoexpressour
emotions,mayit ina form of writingor
singing.
 I thinkitmeans,figuresof speech are
device thathelpsusexplainorexpress
our feelingsinformof literarywriting.
 The figuresof speechare simile,
metaphor,personification,hyperbole,
onomatopoeia.
 Simile isusedtocompare twounlike
objectswiththe use of the word like or
as.
 Metaphorcomparestwo unlike objects
directlyfora greaterimpact.
 It meansgivingattributionof apersonal
nature or humancharacteristicsto
somethingnonhuman.
 Onomatopoeiaisusedtothe formation
of a wordfrom a soundassociatedwith
whatis named.

10. What isHyperbole?
So,what do youcall the devicesthatgive effectand
emotiononliterature?
It seemslike youreallyunderstandourlesson.Let’s
have an activity.
E) Evaluation
INSTRUCTIONS:Identifyif the sentenceisa
Simile,Metaphor,Onomatopoeia,orHyperbole.
(Answeronly)
1. You, withyourwordslike knives.(Mean–
TaylorSwift)
2. You wouldnotbelieveyoureyes
If ten millionfireflies
Lit up the worldas I fell asleep (Fireflies –
Owl City)
3. Boom!Clap!
The soundof my heart
The beat goeson andon and on andon and
Boom!Clap! (BoomClap – Charli XCX)
4. Supermangotnothingonme (One Call
Away – Charlie Puth)
5. Tick tock onthe clock.(TickTock – Ke$ha)
6. Thisis the saddestvanillathatI’ve ever
tasted.(SaddestVanilla–JessGlynne)
7. Got in mycar and racedlike a jet
All the wayto you (Rude – Magic!)
8. I came inlike awreckingball.(WreckingBall)
9. AndI’m sure that you’re anangel in disguise
(Onthe Wings of Love – Regine Velasquez)
10. Cause youknowI walka thousandmiles
(ThousandMiles – VanessaCarlton)
F) Assignment
Create yourown songwitha tune from90’s
usingall of the figuresof speech thatwe
discussed.
Thenby nextmeetingyou’regoingtosing
your songshere infront.
So, do you have anyquestionregardingwith
our lesson today?
If there’snone,then we cancall ita day.
Good bye,class.
 Hyperbole meansexaggerated
statementsorclaimsnotmeantto be
takenliterally.
 Theyare calledFiguresof Speech
 Answers:
1. Simile
2. Hyperbole
3. Onomatopoeia
4. Hyperbole
5. Onomatopoeia
6. Personification
7. Simile
8. Simile
9. Metaphor
10. Hyperbole