Word Wealth and Language Logic · Weeks 28-36

Exploring Figurative Language: Personification & Hyperbole

Students identify and analyze personification and hyperbole in texts, understanding their effect on meaning.

Key Questions

  1. How does personification make inanimate objects or animals seem more relatable?
  2. Analyze the effect of hyperbole in creating humor or emphasizing a point.
  3. Construct sentences using personification or hyperbole to describe an everyday event.

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.5.aCCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.4
Grade: 3rd Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Word Wealth and Language Logic
Period: Weeks 28-36

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15–30 min

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20–35 min

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25–45 min

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