Lesson Plan for Demonstration

Junior High School

Figures of Speech
(Simile, Metaphor, Personification, and Hyperbole )
 A Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in English

I. Objectives:

At the end of the discussion, the student will be able:

o To define and identify the common types of figure of speech.

o To recognize figure of speech through the lyrics of song.
o To justify and categorize the sentence based on the discussion.
o To produce sentences using the basic types of figure of speech.

II. Subject Matter:

Topic: Figures of Speech

Materials: book, cartolina, video clip, presentation, multimedia projector
Reference: Ribo,Lourdes M. et.al, Functional English for Today
Vibal Publishing House, pages 56-61

III. Procedure:

A. Preliminary Activities

1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of the Attendance

 Passing the Assignment

 Words of the Day
 Review of the previous lesson

B. Motivation

1. The teacher will show a video clip which is aligned in the lesson and the students should
jot down the sentences provided by the video.
C. Presentation

i. Discussion

Common types of Figures of Speech

1. A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the
word "like" or "as".

 He fights like a lion.

 He swims as fast as a fish.
 He slides like a snake.

2. Unlike simile, metaphor is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects.
It is a figure of speech that compares two or more things not using like or as.

 Life is a roller coaster.

 My kid’s room is a disaster.
 You’re walking dictionary.

3. Personification is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an

abstract quality, animal, or inanimate objects.

 The flowers nodded.

 Thunder grumbled.

4. Hyperbole is an extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of
emphasis or heightened effect.

 The bag weighed a ton.

 I could sleep for a year; I was so tired.
 I’ve told you for a million times to help me with the housework.

ii. Application

1. Divide the class into four groups.

The teacher will present a video which contains variety of songs. Then, the students will
have to identify the figure of speech present in the lyrics of songs.
 Directions: Watch and listen attentively to the different songs and identify the figure of
speech presented in the lyrics then, justify your answer. If you want to answer, raise your flag. The
group who will earn more flags will win the game.

iii. Generalization

Question and answer about the lesson.

IV. Evaluation:

Direction: Identify each sentence

Write S if it is Simile,
M-Metaphor
H-Hyperbole
P-Personification

1) They fought like cats and dogs.

2) My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
3) Her heart is ice, she can’t fell in love with anyone.
4) I have a million things to do today.
5) The moon played hide and seek with the clouds.
6) They are as different as night and day.
7) I ate a ton of food for dinner.
8) Atheena’s voice is music to my ear.
9) My love for you is as deep as the ocean.
10) The camera loves her since she is so pretty.

V. Assignment:

Search the poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud” by William Wordsworth and find all the
figurative language presented in the poem and identify its types.

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

- William Wordsworth
(1770-1850)