A Journey Through Figurative Language

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A Journey ThroughFigurative Language
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Grace Lin wove figurative language all throughout
her story, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.
Her use of figurative language helped us feel
like we were in the story, visualizing the
characters, settings and events. What an amazing
author!
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Lets show her how much we appreciate her gift of
language!

• Here is how!
• Together, we are going to make a digital book
  full of illustrations of her figurative language.
  
• We will dedicate this book to Grace Lin and send
  it to her!

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• Directions
• Each pair/trio of students will receive a page
  number from the book, Where the Mountain Meets
  the Moon.
• Find the figurative language used on that page
  number. There may be more than one!
• Discuss, what type of figurative language is
  this? What does it mean?

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Types of Figurative Language
You will be finding these types of figurative
language
Personification
Similes
Metaphors
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Personification

• Personification is a kind of figurative
  language
• Personification means to give human thoughts and
  qualities to nonhuman things

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• The leaves danced as they fell from the trees
• What are the leaves doing that leaves cant
  really do?

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• The leaves danced as they fell from the trees
• Thats right! Leaves cant dance
• This is an example of personification
• What is the author trying to tell us about the
  leaves?

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• The wind whispered through the trees
• Can wind really whisper?
• What is the author trying to tell us about wind?

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A simile is another kind of figurative language

• A simile is a comparison between two unlike
  objects using like or as

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The waves licked the shore like a kitten lapping
milk

• What is the author comparing in this simile?

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• The waves licked the shore like a kitten
  lapping milk
• Thats right! The waves are being compared to a
  kitten lapping milk

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• The waves licked the shore like a kitten
  lapping milk
• What is the author trying to say about the
  wavesthat they are rough and fierce, or small
  and gentle?

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A metaphor is another kind of figurative language

• A metaphor is a comparison that does not use
  like or as

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The school was a maze of hallways and passages

• What is being compared in this metaphor?

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• The school was a maze of hallways and passages
• Thats right! The school is being compared to a
  maze

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• The school was a maze of hallways and passages
• What idea is the author trying to express with
  this metaphor?

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What is it?

• The airplane landed as gracefully as a
  ballerina
• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor

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What is it?

• The water smashed angrily against the rocks
• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor

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What is it?

• My brothers room was a dark, mysterious cave
• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor

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Ready to begin? Directions

1. Read your assigned page together.
2. Find the figurative language on the page.
3. Fill in the figurative language chart. This is
   your ticket to receiving white paper and drawing
   materials.

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Illustrate your picture with colored pencils and
outline with a black Sharpie marker.
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