OBJECTIVESAt the end of the class

discussion, the students shall have been able to: Define Metaphor Identify the metaphors used

in the poem Relate experiences from the

given poem

The mother is the light of the home.

The son is the fruit of parent’s love.

METAPHORA metaphor is a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two.

Every Metaphor may be changed to a simile and every simile to a metaphor. A metaphor is briefer, swifter, and livelier than the simile. The metaphor is a condensed simile.

EXAMPLESI was lost in the sea of nameless faces.

The wheels of justice turn slowly.

MOTHER TO SON By Langston Hughes

• Well, son, I'll tell you:Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

It's had tacks in it,And splinters,

And boards torn up,And places with no carpet on the floor --

Bare.But all the time

I'se been a-climbin' on,And reachin' landin's,And turnin' corners,

And sometimes goin' in the darkWhere there ain't been no light.

So boy, don't you turn back.Don't you set down on the steps'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.

Don't you fall now --For I'se still goin', honey,

I'se still climbin',And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

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EVALUATION INSTRUCTION: In a ½ sheet of paper, relate your most unforgettable experience and inspiring advice from your parent or guardian. Use metaphor in describing the situation.

ASSIGNMENTINSTRUCTION:

Compose a poem that expresses the child’s response to mother. Write it in a ½ sheet of paper.