ELA-FigLang-ExtMet-OR

Sound Devices and Figurative Language - Extended Metaphor - Nonprint - Online Resources

 * K-2

3-5

6-8**
 * //I Have a Dream// by Martin Luther King, Jr. [|**http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html**] Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech provides a wonderful opportunity to teach extended metaphors along with other figurative language.
 * //"Mother to Son"// by Langston Hughes [] This entire poem is an example of an extended metaphor comparing life to a staircase. This site offers a copy of the poem as well as discussion questions.
 * //The Writer// by Richard Wilbur [|poem] This poem can be used to illustrate extended metaphor as well as to prompt a writing assignment in which students create their own extended metaphors. [|Lesson using //The Writer//]
 * //"The Road Not Taken"// by Robert Frost [|poem] This poem is an example of an extended metaphor comparing life to a road that splits into different directions.


 * E1-E4**