ENGLISH 7

Q2 WEEK 2

November 5, 2020

LOYALTY


FIGURES OF SPEECH

The use of figures of speech is dominant in creative writing. Writers use figures of speech to add depth to a statement engaging the readers to be thinkers thus pushing them towards the discovery of meaning. Let us talk about ---

simile, metaphor, hyperbole, apostrophe, onomatopoeia, irony and personification

YOU CAN READ ABOUT EACH OF THEM.....

....... OR WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT EACH OF THEM.

WHEN YOU CLICK THE VIDEO BELOW GO TO THE DESCRIPTIONS IMMEDIATELY. CLICK ONLY THE NEEDED CHAPTERS INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTION.

Refer to the highlighted words in the screen shot below.

Task 1

ZOOM CLASS OUTPUT

A. Write a SIMILE by comparing ONE of the following pairs:

Example: STONE - HEART | Your heart has already grown as cold as a stone.

cotton - clouds

rain - tears

B. Write a HYPERBOLE by exaggerating ONE of the following:

Example: ANGER | Don't you dare come near me! I am so mad at you that I could explode any moment now.

hunger

thirst

distance



Task 2

Submit to Google Classroom

Write a PERSONIFICATION by giving human attributes to the following:

Example: STONE - Even stones have friends my dear, so don't be so hard on yourself.

  1. RIVER

  2. STREETS / ROAD / PATH