Genre is an important word in the English class. We teach
different genres of literature such as poetry, short stories,
myths, plays, non-fiction, novels, mysteries, and so on. When we
speak about a kind of literature we are really speaking about a
genre of literature. So when someone asks you what genre of
literature you like, you might answer, poetry, novels, comics,
and so on. Carla Beard: Who knows why we call it figurative
language? Student: Because you have to figure out what it means!
Peggy Smith: Cut out newspaper headlines and titles of articles-
especially from the sports section. Paste them on a posterboard
and number them. Have students identify the figure of speech by
number and explain in concrete terms what the line is saying.
Some examples from today's Plain Dealer: "Buckeyes clip ice-cold
Gophers", "New Crop of Garden Catalogs", "The Heat is Back on
Steel Makers". These are pretty lame, but usually there are some
good pickings in the daily newspaper. Anaphora For Hannah in UK
Deus ex Machina