This video for teaching figurative language is perfect to reinforce the 4 main types:

Teaching figurative language with songs. Use music as a bell ringer. Grenade (bruno mars) grenade is the story of a man who is in love with a woman. This song uses both similes.

This handout is designed to teach students what figurative language is and how authors or artists use it. 21 best songs with figurative language 1. To help my 8th grade students with figurative language recognition such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole and personification, i created this short video using.

Teaching with music is the perfect way to make figurative language relevant in your classroom. The author built in pauses for discussion so you. It’s about a woman who’s unlucky in love.

In my quest to save you time, i’ve added some of my favourite videos below for you to check out. About press copyright contact us creators advertise developers terms privacy policy & safety how youtube works test new features press copyright contact us creators. Read the song lyrics from an extract from cole porter’s “you’re the top” then answer the questions below.

Pose a question on the board that relates the song to whatever skill students are currently learning. The second method is much quicker and simpler, while the first requires more attention to detail. Youtube is also a great place to hunt out figurative language videos.

Teacher can choose own songs that are packed with. The song uses interesting figurative language to describe how well this relationship is going. In encouraging your children to learn what figurative language is and how to use them in their writing, you can pore over song lyrics (and of course listen to your favourite songs.