Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Standard:
CC.1.2.8.F
Description:
Analyze the influence of the words and phrases in a text including figurative,connotative, and technical meanings,and how they shape meaning and tone.
Standard:
E08.B-C.2.1.3
Description:
Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative, connotative, or technical meanings, in a text; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Standard:
E08.B-V.4.1.1
Description:
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede). c. Determine the meaning of technical words and phrases used in a text.
Standard:
E08.B-V.4.1.2
Description:
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g., verbal irony, puns) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
Standard:
CC.1.3.8.F
Description:
Analyze the influence of the words and phrases in a text including figurative and connotative meanings and how they shape meaning and tone.
Standard:
E08.A-C.2.1.3
Description:
Determine how the author uses the meaning of words or phrases, including figurative and connotative meanings, in a text; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Standard:
E08.A-V.4.1.1
Description:
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph, a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
Standard:
E08.A-V.4.1.2
Description:
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g., verbal irony, puns) in context. b. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
8th Grade Reading - Figurative Language and Literary Devices Lesson
Authors use figurative language to create a special effect or feeling. Figurative language helps the reader understand the text better and better imagine the events and the characters.
Figure of speech
The meaning of each word separately does not tell the reader what the figure of speech means. An idiom is an example of a figure of speech.
Example: Birds of a feather flock together. (People who are similar hang out together.)
Simile
Compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
Example: Her hair was like the dark cloud. (Her hair was very dark.)
Metaphor
Compares two unlike things to say one thing is another
Example: The woman was a rock. (The woman was tough and strong.)
Personification
Gives human characters to nonhuman things
Example: The wind hummed a gentle tune. (The sound of the wind was like music.)
Hyperbole
An obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken seriously
Example: He was so tired he could sleep for a century. (He could sleep for a long time.)
Analogy
Makes a comparison between two things that are alike in some way
Example: She was as important to him as water to a thirsty man in the desert.
Allusion
A reference made to something that is not directly mentioned in the passage. Usually a well-known mythical character, a literary character, a book, or something from popular culture
Example:
Denise was the Good Samaritan who helped a stranded passenger (reference to a term from the Bible)
8th Grade Reading - Figurative Language and Literary Devices Lesson