Exploring Figurative Language
10th Grade · ELA · 30 min· Determine How Words And Phrases Provide Meaning To Works Of Literature, Including Imagery, Symbolism, And Figurative Language
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Learning Objective
I can identify more than one examples of imagery, symbolism, and figurative language in literary texts and explain how it adds meaning to the text.
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Imagery is descriptive writing that creates pictures in a reader's mind and evokes emotion.
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Writers create imagery by appealing to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
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Using figurative language like simile, metaphor, personification, or hyperbole can be a great writing tool to write powerful imagery.
