Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow its link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions.
Understanding
- I can explain that a metaphor focuses on particular traits, not the whole objects compared. (Guide: “What a metaphor does”; Practice questions 1 and 5)
- I can explain how comparisons carry literal and figurative meaning and a perspective. (Guide: “What a metaphor does”; Practice question 7)
- I can define extended metaphor and say why it must be read in context. (Guide: “What a metaphor does”; Practice question 8)
- I can define personification and say what it does to a nonhuman subject. (Guide: “What personification does”; Practice question 3)
Skills
- I can work through sides, traits, left behind and effect. (Guide: “A method”; Practice question 7)
- I can list the traits a poem’s details transfer. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice questions 1 and 5)
- I can say which traits are not transferred and why that matters. (Guide: Worked example 1, step 3; Practice question 2)
- I can identify personification and name the human trait it gives. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice questions 3, 4 and 6)
Reasoning
- I can explain how an extended metaphor builds a larger meaning. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice question 8)
- I can say how changing one word of a comparison changes the traits transferred. (Guide: “Practising the trait list on a new comparison”; Practice question 5)
- I can explain how personification characterises a thing and shapes the reader’s response. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice question 6)
- I can write a paragraph on metaphor or personification with accurate quotations and commentary. (Practice question 8)
All ticked? Move on to the Topic 5.5 study guide, Allusion, or revisit the revision notes.