Figurative Language Menu Project

Name: ______# _____ Date: ______Figurative Language Menu Project

Directions: Choose 1 item from each of the three menus below to complete your project. All components must be “wall-worthy” – that means neat!!

Appetizer Figurative Language Hangman- Make a set of Build a mini-book that includes the definitions of the types (15 pts) http://www.quia.com/hm/80390.html flashcards with the of figurative language we have discussed. figurative language Record your score here: __/18 correct terms and definitions on them.

Main Write a children’s story that includes 4 Compose a quality Make an idiom poster- pick 2 idioms and create a poster Course similes, 3 metaphors, 2 examples of poem using at least 5 that illustrates the literal meaning of each idiom. For (50 pts) hyperbole, and 1 allusion. instances of example, the idiom “He put his foot in his mouth” could be personification. illustrated with a picture of a leg stretched all the way up to Include a detailed, a person’s mouth (NO, you cannot use this example!). Must color illustration show creativity! You must also write a brief paper depicting the (minimum ½ page) explaining the meaning of the idiom personification used in and how/when it might be used. your poem. Dessert Create a cartoon strip with Compose a rhyming Invent a restaurant menu using alliteration for food names. (20 pts) onomatopoeia. Draw pictures where poem that includes 2 Write descriptions of food items, each word beginning with characters and objects make sounds similes and 2 the same sound. Arrange them on a “menu” with prices and like the following: “buzz,” “bang,” metaphors. pictures. For example: Salmon with spicy sesame seed “poof,” “slurp,” and “crash.” Include sauce or cheesy chicken chimichangas. the words as part of the dialog in the (min – 10 main courses, 3 appetizers, 3 desserts, 3 drinks) comic strip.

Quality of Work (neatness/grammar/appropriate time spent on project) ____/15 pts