Grab a bite from our menu! We have put together a selection of figurative language tasks for you to complete. Start with the appetizers, work through the main course, grab our side dishes, and then enjoy dessert! Bon appetit!
Appetizers: Start here!
1. Sensory Language and Imagery: Choose 2 of the following words:
AC Classes choose from:
apprehension, dapper, pensive, integrity, delight, impatience
OL Classes choose from:
joyful, disgust, determination, stern, freedom, generosity
Example using the word creativity:
Creativity...
Use details that really connect to your reader's senses! Brainstorm events and activities that relate to the word that could demonstrate the feeling.
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Analyzing
1. Sensory Language and Imagery: Choose 2 of the following words:
AC Classes choose from:
apprehension, dapper, pensive, integrity, delight, impatience
OL Classes choose from:
joyful, disgust, determination, stern, freedom, generosity
- For each word, answer the following:
- What is the meaning of the word? Dictionary.com is helpful for this.
- If you were this word, what would you smell like, feel like, taste like, sound like, and look like?
Example using the word creativity:
Creativity...
- smells like a brand new palette of watercolor paints.
- feels like laying in the grass and seeing unique shapes in the clouds.
- tastes like delicious cupcakes specially designed for a party.
- sounds like the crinkle of paper, the tapping of pencils, and clacking of computer keys.
- looks like artists painting murals to brighten hallways and walls.
Use details that really connect to your reader's senses! Brainstorm events and activities that relate to the word that could demonstrate the feeling.
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Analyzing
Main Course:
2. Alliteration: Your teacher has a class set of an article. Read the article provided on paper. Create a new attention-grabbing headline to replace this article's current headline, and use a strong alliteration, assonance, or consonance. Then, write a 1 paragraph summary of the article. Return the article to your teacher when finished!!
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Creating
3. Personification: Grab your headphones and click here to watch the short animation of Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree. (OR Click here if you don't have headphones, and you can read Shel Silverstein's story.)
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Evaluating
4. Similes and Metaphors: Using the internet to research, find 4 songs that use either similes or metaphors. (DO NOT use the lyrics from the article you read earlier. Find new, interesting songs to use, and you should use songs appropriate for school.)
Example:
Title: Hound Dog
Artist: Elvis Presley
Lyrics: You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time.
Explanation: Elvis is comparing the person to a hound dog because of how they both cry. This is a metaphor.
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Applying
2. Alliteration: Your teacher has a class set of an article. Read the article provided on paper. Create a new attention-grabbing headline to replace this article's current headline, and use a strong alliteration, assonance, or consonance. Then, write a 1 paragraph summary of the article. Return the article to your teacher when finished!!
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Creating
3. Personification: Grab your headphones and click here to watch the short animation of Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree. (OR Click here if you don't have headphones, and you can read Shel Silverstein's story.)
- After you watch the video, identify what was being personified. Provide 2 explanations to justify your answer.
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Evaluating
4. Similes and Metaphors: Using the internet to research, find 4 songs that use either similes or metaphors. (DO NOT use the lyrics from the article you read earlier. Find new, interesting songs to use, and you should use songs appropriate for school.)
- Tell us the title and artist of the song, then write down the lyrics which contain the simile or metaphor.
- Identify the 2 things that are being compared in the similes or metaphors.
Example:
Title: Hound Dog
Artist: Elvis Presley
Lyrics: You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time.
Explanation: Elvis is comparing the person to a hound dog because of how they both cry. This is a metaphor.
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Applying
Side Dishes: In case you're still hungry! ;)
5. Idioms: Use the internet to find 5 idioms that haven't been used as examples in class. Write one idiom in each box. Draw a picture of what the idiom would mean if we took it literally, then write the figurative meaning of the idiom.
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Applying & Evaluating
6. Puns: Time for some fun! Find a pun online (make sure it's school appropriate!) and add it to our SHOUT IT OUT activity. Here's how:
Use the Microsoft Forms link for your class to submit a pun.
Mrs. Dutton's class CLICK HERE.
Mrs. Welborn's class CLICK HERE.
Mrs. Hall-Corpus's class CLICK HERE.
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Remembering and Analyzing
5. Idioms: Use the internet to find 5 idioms that haven't been used as examples in class. Write one idiom in each box. Draw a picture of what the idiom would mean if we took it literally, then write the figurative meaning of the idiom.
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Applying & Evaluating
6. Puns: Time for some fun! Find a pun online (make sure it's school appropriate!) and add it to our SHOUT IT OUT activity. Here's how:
Use the Microsoft Forms link for your class to submit a pun.
Mrs. Dutton's class CLICK HERE.
Mrs. Welborn's class CLICK HERE.
Mrs. Hall-Corpus's class CLICK HERE.
Bloom's Taxonomy Level of Thinking: Remembering and Analyzing
AC Classes:
You should now have a strong understanding of figurative language, and can help others who need help learning. Choose an extension from below:
You should now have a strong understanding of figurative language, and can help others who need help learning. Choose an extension from below:
- Make a practice worksheet that a teacher could assign to a class to provide practice.
- Write a song or poem about figurative language that contains memory tricks to help your peers remember types of figurative language.
- Create a crossword puzzle that could help others practice figurative language. Visit puzzlemaker to create your puzzle.
Dessert:
Alright, now for a little treat!
Play Figurative Language Hangman!
Here's a throwback arcade game to try out-- Orpheus the Lyrical!
Learn to type with speed! Practice these games:
Typing.com - There are tons of games to try out at this website!
Typing Attack - Type the words on the screen to beat the game.
Guitar Type - As you play guitar, type the words.
Alright, now for a little treat!
Play Figurative Language Hangman!
Here's a throwback arcade game to try out-- Orpheus the Lyrical!
Learn to type with speed! Practice these games:
Typing.com - There are tons of games to try out at this website!
Typing Attack - Type the words on the screen to beat the game.
Guitar Type - As you play guitar, type the words.
Check, Please!
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Here are the standards you have been working on throughout this webquest:
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Here are the standards you have been working on throughout this webquest:
- ELAGSE7L1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- ELAGSE7L2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- ELAGSE7L3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
- ELAGSE7L4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
- ELAGSE7L5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.