Figurative language refers to similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeias, hyperboles, and idioms. There is so much figurative language in poetry, and it is important to teach students how much word choice matters in literature. Poets spend a lot of time deciding what they are going to say and the words and comparisons that they are going to use, and often using figurative language enables them to create very interesting ideas.
This lesson plan uses poems from Frost, cummings, Wordsworth, and Derricotte to teach similes.
When I taught similes and metaphors to my 6th graders, I used "Flint" by Christina Rossetti and "Dreams" by Langston Hughes. (These two poems are very short, and therefore very useful in a lesson.) I had the students close their eyes while I read the poems aloud, and then we talked about how using figurative language helps you to see things and make connections that you wouldn't think of without the comparison.
This lesson plan uses poems from Frost, cummings, Wordsworth, and Derricotte to teach similes.
When I taught similes and metaphors to my 6th graders, I used "Flint" by Christina Rossetti and "Dreams" by Langston Hughes. (These two poems are very short, and therefore very useful in a lesson.) I had the students close their eyes while I read the poems aloud, and then we talked about how using figurative language helps you to see things and make connections that you wouldn't think of without the comparison.
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