Figurative and Connotative Meanings
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Objective
I can analyze how authors use figurative, connotative, and technical meanings of words and phrases to create specific effects in a text.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Metaphors are a way to talk about one thing by describing something else, using imagination and the senses.
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Similes are metaphors that use the words 'like' or 'as' to make a comparison, while metaphors let you feel things directly.
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Metaphors aren't puzzles to convey hidden meanings; they help you feel and know something differently, giving words a way to go beyond their own meaning.
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Practice
3 questions
The video contrasts direct language with language that 'conjures up a small scene.' What is the primary difference between these two approaches, and what effect does the latter aim to achieve?
According to the video, what distinguishes a simile from a metaphor, and how does this difference affect the reader's experience?
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Exit ticket
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“In Langston Hughes' poem "Mother to Son," life is compared to a "crystal stair" that is not crystal. Identify two specific details (phrases) from the poem that contribute to the development of this metaphor and explain what each detail suggests about the mother's life.”
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