Figurative Language Lesson, Grades 3-5: Finding Figurative Language in Poems

How many kinds can you find in one line? In about 40 minutes, students pull together all eight kinds of figurative language from Units 1 and 2 (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, saying, onomatopoeia and alliteration), name each one in poems and practice lines, and explain what it means or what it does.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on all 15
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Poem Page, 1 page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Poem Page, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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