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Figures of Speech Lesson Grade9

This lesson plan for Grade 9 introduces figures of speech, explaining their definitions and providing examples for simile, metaphor, alliteration, and more. Students engage with brain-warming questions and a matching exercise to reinforce their understanding. The lesson emphasizes the creative and expressive power of language through these literary devices.

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Figures of Speech Lesson Grade9

This lesson plan for Grade 9 introduces figures of speech, explaining their definitions and providing examples for simile, metaphor, alliteration, and more. Students engage with brain-warming questions and a matching exercise to reinforce their understanding. The lesson emphasizes the creative and expressive power of language through these literary devices.

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Figures of Speech - Lesson Plan (Grade

9)
🧠 Brain-Warming Questions
1. Have you ever said something like, ‘I’m so hungry I could eat a horse’? What do you think
that means?

2. If I say, ‘Time is a thief,’ is time actually stealing something from us?

3. Why do we say ‘the wind whispered’ when wind can’t really whisper?

📚 What Are Figures of Speech?


A figure of speech is a way of expressing an idea in a creative, imaginative, or non-literal
way. It makes language more interesting, emotional, and artistic.

✍️Types of Figures of Speech

Simile
Definition: A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

Example: She is as graceful as a swan.

Metaphor
Definition: A direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'.

Example: Time is a thief.

Alliteration
Definition: Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words.

Example: The wild wind whipped through the woods.

Assonance
Definition: Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

Example: The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.

Personification
Definition: Giving human qualities to non-human things.

Example: The stars danced in the sky.


Hyperbole
Definition: An exaggeration used to make a point.

Example: I’ve told you a million times!

Transferred Epithet
Definition: An adjective is transferred from the proper subject to another noun.

Example: He spent a sleepless night.

Irony
Definition: Saying something but meaning the opposite.

Example: “What a pleasant day!” (when it's raining heavily)

Synecdoche
Definition: A part represents the whole, or vice versa.

Example: All hands on deck!

🎨 Class Interaction / Quick Exercise


Match the following examples with the correct figure of speech:

1. He is as brave as a lion.

2. The moon smiled at me.

3. She’s a night owl.

4. Boom! Buzz! Hiss!

🧾 Recap
Today, we learned that figures of speech help us express ourselves in more colorful and
creative ways. They turn ordinary sentences into vivid images and sounds.

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