Do Now 1 Choose the correct form of
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Do Now 1. Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject and state the rule as to why you chose the particular verb. . The dog or the cats (is, are) outside. 2. Read the excerpt below and answer the following question: All functions of your body not needed for the struggle about to commence are shut down. Digestion stops, sexual function stops, even your immune system is temporarily turned off. If necessary, excess waste is eliminated to make you light on your feet. Which answer choice means the same as commence as it is used in this sentence from the fourth paragraph of the passage? A) begin B) disappear C) flight D) stop
Do Now: Pop Quiz 1. What is imperialism? 2. What are the five reasons imperialists chose Africa to colonize? 3. How did Social Darwinism play into imperialism? 4. What type of imperialism does America practice? Through what methods? 5. Define meticulous. • 7 minutes- 30 points (0 if talking)
Wo. TD: implore • to make a very serious or emotional request to someone (part of speech? )
Stop and Jot • Did you see the bear? • Why do you think so many people did not see the bear? • How might this video relate to reading a text?
Figurative Language “Figuring it Out”
Figurative and Literal Language Literally: words function exactly as defined The car is blue. He caught the football. Figuratively: figure out what it means I’ve got your back. You’re a doll. ^Figures of Speech
Simile Comparison of two things using “like” or “as. ” Examples The metal twisted like a ribbon. She is as sweet as candy.
Important! Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile. A comparison must be made. Not a Simile: I like pizza. Simile: The moon is like a pizza.
Metaphor Two things are compared without using “like” or “as. ” Examples All the world is a stage. Men are dogs. Her heart is stone.
Personification Giving human traits to objects or ideas. Examples The sunlight danced. Water on the lake shivers. The streets are calling me.
Hyperbole Exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect. Examples I will love you forever. My house is a million miles away. She’d kill me.
Understatement Expression with less strength than expected. The opposite of hyperbole. I’ll be there in one second. This won’t hurt a bit.
Onomatopoeia • • • A word that “makes” a sound SPLAT PING SLAM POP POW
Alliteration • Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound. • “She sells sea-shells down by the seashore” • “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers”
Idiom • A saying that isn’t meant to be taken literally. • Doesn’t “mean” what it says • Don’t be a stick in the mud! • You’re the apple of my eye. • I have an ace up my sleeve.
Pun • A form of “word play” in which words have a double meaning. • I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger and then it hit me. • I’m reading a book about antigravity. It’s impossible to put it down. • I was going to look for my missing watch, but I didn’t have the time.
Proverb • A figurative saying in which a bit of “wisdom” is given. • An apple a day keeps the doctor away • The early bird catches the worm
Oxymoron • When two words are put together that contradict each other. “Opposites” • Jumbo Shrimp • Pretty Ugly • Freezer Burn
Quiz On a separate sheet of paper… 1. I will put an example of figurative language on the board. 2. You will write whether it is an simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, pun, proverb, idiom, onomatopoeia, oxymoron or understatement. 3. You can use your notes.
1 He drew a line as straight as an arrow.
2 Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens.
3 Can I see you for a second?
4 The sun was beating down on me.
5 A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky.
6 I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark, or wrestle a lion alone in the dark, eat spinach and liver, pet ten porcupines, than tackle the homework, my teacher assigns.
7 Ravenous and savage from its long polar journey, the North Wind is searching for food—
8 Dinner is on the house.
9 Can I have one of your chips?
10 Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
11. • The clouds smiled down at me.
12. • SPLAT!
13. • She is as sweet as candy
14. • I could sleep forever!
15. • He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends
16. • I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it
17. • The wheat field was a sea of gold.
18. • The streets called to him.
19. • POP!
20. • She was dressed to the nines.
21. • The early bird catches the worm.
22. • Old news
23. • Your face is killing me!
24. • She was as white as a ghost.
25. • She has a skeleton in her closet.
1 He drew a line as straight as an arrow. SIMILE
2 Knowledge is a kingdom and all who learn are kings and queens. METAPHOR
3 Can I see you for a second? UNDERSTATEMENT
4 The sun was beating down on me. PERSONIFICATION
5 A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky. SIMILE
6 I'd rather take baths with a man-eating shark, or wrestle a lion alone in the dark, eat spinach and liver, pet ten porcupines, than tackle the homework, my teacher assigns. HYPERBOLE
7 Ravenous and savage from its long polar journey, the North Wind is searching for food— PERSONIFICATION
8 Dinner is on the house. IDIOM
9 Can I have one of your chips? UNDERSTATEMENT
10 Don’t bite the hand that feeds you. PROVERB
11. • The clouds smiled down at me. PERSONIFICATION
12. • SPLAT! ONOMOTOPEIA
13. • She is as sweet as candy SIMILE
14. • I could sleep forever! HYPERBOLE
15. • He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends PUN
16. • I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it SIMILE
17. • The wheat field was a sea of gold. METAPHOR
18. • The streets called to him. PERSONIFICATION
19. • POP! ONOMOTOPEIA
20. • She was dressed to the nines. IDIOM
21. • The early bird catches the worm. PROVERB
22. • Old news OXYMORON
23. • Your face is killing me! HYPERBOLE
24. • She was as white as a ghost. SIMILE
25. • She has a skeleton in her closet. IDIOM
Things Fall Apart • By Chinua Achebe • Who remembers what kind of novel the video said Things Fall Apart was? • We will be reading two chapters in each class, meaning we have little time to waste • Often, you will have guiding questions you will be responsible for answering as you read along • We will be taking frequent reading quizzes, so it is important you are paying attention and taking notes • A lot of unfamiliar names/sayings, so we will work together as best we can to pronounce them
- Chose the correct item
- Choose the correct answer for the question
- Write the verb form
- Choose the correct form of the comparative.
- Were going tense
- Now i see it now you don't
- Unit 6 choosing the right pronoun
- Underline the correct word then explain the phrases in bold
- Choose the correct answers ac
- Read the dialogue
- Present simple choose the correct answer
- Look at the picture and choose the correct sentence.
- Choose the correct particle back away
- Choose the correct indefinite pronouns.
- Circle the correct item parents receive
- Activity demonstrative pronouns
- Choose the correct correlative conjunction
- Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences.
- Choose the correct preposition golden eagles
- Adjective clause adalah
- B underline the correct item
- 4 read and choose
- Choose the words that describe the tv in the picture:
- Sfqnx qdokx sfqmz qdomx
- I you we they he she it has have
- Choose the object pronouns
- Choose the correct concept
- Prepositions and phrasal verbs choose the correct item
- 1. choose the correct answer.
- Write the correct answer
- Arrange the sentences in the correct order
- Choose the correct answer affirmative sentences
- Select the correct article for each noun
- Complete the phrasal verbs with the correct particle
- Choose the correct indefinite pronouns
- Complete each sentence with the correct subject pronoun.
- Choose the correct word to complete the analogy
- Choose the correct adverb finn's
- Choose the incorrect one
- Choose the correct pronoun. yo ____ hablo a mis amigos.
- Quantifier for chicken
- Fill in each blank with the correct word
- Exercise 1 choose the correct answer
- Intentalo choose the correct direct
- Pronoun and verb sentences
- 2. choose the correct answer
- Close your eyes
- Choose the correct word
- Choose the correct answer
- Citcuit
- Choose the correct answers what's on outside
- Read the theory box then choose the correct word
- Read the text and questions below
- Present continuous negative interrogative
- Hát kết hợp bộ gõ cơ thể
- Slidetodoc
- Bổ thể
- Tỉ lệ cơ thể trẻ em
- Voi kéo gỗ như thế nào
- Tư thế worm breton
- Chúa sống lại
- Môn thể thao bắt đầu bằng chữ đua
- Thế nào là hệ số cao nhất
- Các châu lục và đại dương trên thế giới
- Công thức tiính động năng
- Trời xanh đây là của chúng ta thể thơ
- Cách giải mật thư tọa độ
- Phép trừ bù
- Phản ứng thế ankan
- Các châu lục và đại dương trên thế giới
- Thơ thất ngôn tứ tuyệt đường luật