editedINTERPRETING FIgURATIVE LANGUAGE USED
editedINTERPRETING FIgURATIVE LANGUAGE USED
editedINTERPRETING FIgURATIVE LANGUAGE USED
MIMAROPA REGION
Schools Division of Marinduque
MARINDUQUE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Isok 1, Boac, Marinduque
I.OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standard The learner demonstrates understanding of South and West Asian
Literature as an expression of philosophical and religious beliefs;
information flow in various text types; reality, fantasy, and opinion in
listening and viewing materials; word decoding strategies; and use of
information sources, active/passive constructions, direct/reported
speech, perfect tenses, and logical connectors in journalistic writng.
B. Performance Standards The learner transfers learning by composing a variety of journalistic texts,
the contents of which may be used in composing and delivering a
memorized oral speech featuring use of properly acknowledged
information sources, grammatical signals, for opinion marking,
persuasion, and emphasis, and appropriate prosodic features, stance,
and behavior.
C. Learning Competencies Interpret/Explain the Figurative Language Used
II. CONTENT Interpreting the Figurative Language Used
III.LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
1.Teacher’s Guide pages
2.Learner’s Materials pages
3.Textbook pages
4.Additional Materials from LR
portal
B. Other Learning Resources www.google.com
IV. PROCEDURES
Before the lesson
A. Reviewing previous lesson or Drill (Spelling)
presenting the new lesson Directions: Arrange the jumbled letters to form a word based on the
given definition.
1. evitarugiF Language- You DON’T say exactly what you mean. You DO
compare, exaggerate, and understate the situation. You use similes,
metaphors, hyperboles, and other figures of speech to make your writing
more exciting.
2. Smilie- comparing two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”.
3. bolerepHy- an exaggeration so dramatic, no one could believe it;
overstate to emphasize a point.
4. rationAllite- the repeating of the same letter or sound, especially
consonant sounds….including tongue twisters.
5. pHorateM- comparing two unlike things without using like or as.
Calling one thing, another. Saying one thing is something else.
6. tioncaifinosPer- giving human characteristics to things that are not
human.
7. poeiaotamonO- the use of a word to describe or imitate a natural
sound made by an object or action. Words that sound like what they
mean.
8. moronOxy- words or phrases in which contradictory or opposite
terms are used together
Review:
Definition and samples of each Figurative Language
B. Establishing a purpose for the Now that you know the definition of each Figurative Language, this
lesson afternoon, you will learn and try to interpret and explain how each
Figurative Language is used in a sentence.
But first listen to these songs
(Figurative Language songs, integrating mindful listening)
C. Presenting examples/instances (Figurative Language in songs)
of the new lesson
During the lesson
D. Discussing new concepts and Discussions through power point presentations
practicing new skills #1 1. Definition of Terms
• Literal Language – You say exactly what you mean. You make no
comparison, and you do not exaggerate or understate the
situation.
• Figurative Language – You DON’T say exactly what you mean.
You DO compare, exaggerate, and understate the situation. You
use similes, metaphors, hyperboles, and other figures of speech
to make your writing more exciting.
5. Simile
• comparing two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”.
Her eyes were like stars.
Susan is as gentle as a kitten.
Hyperbole
• an exaggeration so dramatic, no one could believe it; overstate
to emphasize a point.
This bag weighs a ton!
I’ve told you a million times to clean up your room!
Alliteration
the repeating of the same letter or sound, especially consonant
sounds….including tongue twisters.
Miss Warren was worried when Wendy was waiting.
Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration in Poetry
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, “Let us flee!”
“Let us fly,” said the flea;
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
Metaphor
• comparing two unlike things without using like or as. Calling one
thing, another. Saying one thing is something else.
He’s a lion when he fights.
Her eyes were sparkling emeralds
My love is a red, red rose.
Personification
• giving human characteristics to things that are not human.
The angry flood waters slapped the house.
The sun smiled down on us.
Onomatopoeia
• the use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by
an object or action. Words that sound like what they mean.
Oxymoron
words or phrases in which contradictory or opposite
terms are used together
Group 8
34 Just own the night
35 Like the Fourth of July (Repeat
Chorus)
36 Boom, boom, boom
37 Even brighter than the moon,
moon, moon
38 It's always been inside of you,
you, you
39 And now it's time to let it
through
After the lesson
G. Finding practical applications of What is the significance or importance of Figurative Language to us,
concepts and skills in daily living especially to you as students?
Why do we (especially writers, or students who would like to be writer
in the future) use figurative language?
In what part of our everyday or daily living do we need to use figurative
language?
H. Making generalization and What are the types of Figurative Language and how each one is used?
abstractions about the lesson
I. Evaluating learning Personification, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, alliteration,
or onomatopoeia???
Directions: First, Identify the figurative language used in each of the
following statement then explain the figurative language used.
1. The lightweight fighter lost so much weight,
he looked as thin as a rail.
2. Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.
3. When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough
to eat a horse.
4. “Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.
5. The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.
6. The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.
7. We ate cat fish for dinner.
8. The trophy glistened like gold in the sun during the awards
ceremony.
9. Happy Harry handles handsprings horribly.
10. The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.
J. Additional activities for Figurative Language Worksheet
application or remediation
1. Find a song which contains figurative language. Choose a song that
you enjoy.
2. Print out or write down the lyrics.
3. Fill out the chart on the back of this paper. First look up the name of
the song writer. Then choose quotes from the song which contain
figurative language. Fill in each part of the chart.
4. Look for these types of figurative language:
simile metaphor personification
alliteration (consonance & assonance)
onomatopoeia allusion hyperbole idiom
SONG TITLE:
PERFORMER(S):
SONG WRITER(S):
Directions: Identify, label, and explain the type of figurative language or poetic device used in the song lyrics. Examples
may include: Figurative Language such as metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole; sound devices such as
alliteration, (assonance, consonance,) onomatopoeia, (rhyme; and rhetorical devices such as anaphora and
epistrophe.)