Riddles

1.  "Black I am and much admired,
        Men seek me until they're tired;
     When they find me, break my head,
        And take me from my resting bed."

What am I?

2.   "The beginning of eternity,
         The end of time and space,
           The beginning of every end,
             And the end of every place."

What am I?

3.      "There is one that has a head without an eye,
          And there's one that has an eye without a head,
          You may find the answer if you try;
          And when all is said,
          Half the answer hangs upon a thread."

What am I?


Answers

1. coal
2. the letter 'E'
3. Pins and needles

Idioms

Quick Quiz

1. If you are "rolling in the aisles", you are:

• cycling on the pavement
• too drunk to stand
• laughing a lot

2. If you "smell a rat", you:

• are aware of a particularly unpleasant smell
• have a feeling that something is not quite right
• suspect someone of being a hypocrite

3. If you "bend someone's ear", you:

• annoy someone by talking to them for a very long time
• punish someone because they've been naughty
• say bad things about someone behind their back

4. If you "get cold feet", you:

• are to lazy to walk anywhere
• are a very bad dancer
• are suddenly too scared to do something you planned to do

Bibliography

Harrap. 2003/7. Harrap's idioms. Harrap

Spreekwoorde

In die geval dat kinders nog nie aan spreekwoorde bekendgestel is nie, is bogenoemde  hoe hulle dikwels die gesprekke tussen volwassenes ervaar - hulle kan daarvan nie kop of stert uitmaak nie.

Neem as voorbeeld die volgende spreekwoorde:

 

Bolmakiesie slaan.

    Skielik van standpunt verander.

Die boog kan nie altyd gespan wees nie.

    'n Mens kan nie sonder ophou werk nie.

Die Blye Boodskap.

    Die Evangelie.

Daar is 'n geurtjie aan.

'n Saak is nie heeltemal pluis nie.

   

Was jou pa 'n glasmaker?

   Jy staan in my lig.

Omdat hoekom 'n draai is.

  'n Antwoord vir iemand wat kort-kort vra "hoekom?"

Blaf saam met die honde en huil saam met die wolwe.

   Stem met persone van verskillende menings saam.

Lesplan vir Afrikaans 2de Taal - Graad 7

Idiomatiese Uitdrukkings

Uitkomste:

Na hierdie les moet leerders in staat wees om:

• die verskillende soorte idiome te identifiseer.
• die verskynsel van idiomatiese uitdrukkings in ons daaglikse lewe te identifiseer.
• vas te stel op watter wyse idiomatiese uitdrukkings toegepas kan word om ons daaglikse lewe, asook skryfstyl, en dus leeswerk te verryk.
• met mede-leerders saam te werk.

Aanbieding:

Die opvoeder nooi leerders om te verduidelik wat hulle onder die term idiomatiese uitdrukkings verstaan.
Hierna lees die opvoeder 'n kort verhaal deurspek met idiomatiese uitdrukkings, en bied dan die geleentheid aan die leerders om die idiome wat daarin voorkom te identifiseer.
Daarna pen die leerders in hul groepe - waarin hulle reeds vooraf gedeel is - alle idiome neer wat in die leesstuk voorkom.

Die "Noisy Round Robin Method", word toegepas.
Leerders - in hul groepe - soek na die genoemde idiome in tydskrifte - deur die opvoeder verskaf. Hierdie prente word dan op plakkate geplak. Leerders kan ook prente teken wat idiome verteenwoordig.
Na 15 minute word die plakkate tussen die groepe gewissel. 'n Groep mag nie 'n plakkaat meer as een keer onder hande neem nie.
Hierdie proses word herhaal totdat die plakkaat weer die oorspronklike groep bereik.

Nadat hierdie proses voltooi is word elke groep die geleentheid gebied om terugvoering te gee, en hul plakkaat te verduidelik.
Aangesien elke groep (leerder) deel het aan die skep van die plakkaat maak dit besprekings tussen die leerders (leerder-leerder), asook leerder-opvoeder moontlik. Die opvoeder identifiseer dan alle idiome wat in die leesstuk voorkom.

Personification is a figure of speech in which you give human qualities, characteristics or features to inanimate things or objects.

Examples are,
The stars winked at me.
The wrinkled tree bark seemed at peace in the midst of the storm.
Time creeps on you.

As personification is still concerned with giving character traits to objects without using the words "as", "like" or "than" it can also be seen as a type of metaphor.

It can also be assumed that we personify inanimate things, for it enables us to identify with these things on some level. When we put inanimate things in a context we understand, it become easier to grasp how that entity works.

The Simile

The simile is a figure of speech in which you compare two different things with each other using the words "as" or "like".

Examples:  Her eyes sparkled like diamonds.
                 She is as quiet as a mouse.

Similes occur everywhere.
We use it to describe someone's manners, their looks, and even their mood. We use it when someone is annoying us, when we're in love, when we need to blow of steam or just to tell someone how we feel.

Similes brighten and spice up our language. They're our own bit of je ne se qua. When you use similes the listener does not have any other choice but to immediatly see and understand exactly what the speaker is trying to convey.

Similes are also used to put more emphasis on the thing that is being described. 
In the sentence "His eyes were as hard as steel", the listener/reader's attention is immediatly drawn to the "eyes" of the person the observer is referring to.

Other examples include,

She worked like a dog on her assignment.

He groand like a bear.

These types of similes are universally popular and are most commonly used.

Apart from these there are other similes that are made up of adverbs or words such as "than" and "as if".

Examples include:

They ran as if for their lives.

He is larger than life.

My milkshake's better than yours. (as the artist Kelis proclaims)

Imagery

Imagery is the usage of strong, graphic, striking and colourful language/descriptions of events, people, places, nature, etc. producing strong and clear images in the mind of the reader or listener.

The word or phrase the author uses can trigger different or all five of your senses (hearing, seeing, tasting, touching and smelling).

It is the element in literary work that enables the reader to have both visual and emotional experience in reaction to the written piece.

Imagery also allows the author to show the reader what is meant, instead instead of just telling them about it.

For more info. on Imagery check out  http://litera1no4.tripod.com/imagery_frame.html

Hyperbole



Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a self-assured, confident, perhaps daring, intentional and striking or dramatic exaggeration is used,  to make something seem better and larger than it is in reality.  It is not meant literally at all.

Examples are,

I've been waiting here for ages.

You're so short you have to look up to tie your shoes.

I bent over and took hold of the room with both my hands and spun it.

The Symbol

A symbol is something that stands for or represents an idea,  a quality, belief,  principle or standard, a value, a logo, cultures or various creeds/religions. Symbols can also represent different countries.

The cross representing Christianity

                                                                                                            

Spain's flag

The facebook

                        logo

The role and aim of the symbol is to pass on specific meaning without using verbal communication or stating what is meant.

        Islam

Symbols are usually images that

embody and personify the ideas and beliefs that people want to convey.

                     

Jewish Star of 

      David                                        

                                                  

                                                                           Road Signs 

The Metaphor

Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way.

Examples are:

Time is a thief.
Life is a roller coaster ride.
You're an angel.

It is when you give certain qualities or features to a person or thing by comparing it to something else. In the example above "she" is not literally an angel and "life" is not literally a roller coaster ride, but they have certain character traits that are much like the things they are being compared to.

Examples:

The examination was a breeze.

He is a rough diamond.

You are a star.

A considerable amount of people only associate metaphors with the sweet, sugar-coated lyrics of songs and poetry.



However, upon closer examination it is found that all of us - be it knowing or unknowingly - speak, write, think and even gossip in metaphors every day, so that the idea or view that we want to get across is easily and clearly conveyed.

An Introduction to Figures of Speech for grades 7-9

Sorry for only logging in now. As is always the case, life decided to happen abruptly and without any kind of warning. Taking this into consideration, can we, perhaps, get right down to it?  If the answer be "yes", fabulous! 

I am absolutely loving my English course at the moment, thus I have decided to start of with "An Introduction to Figures of Speech" for grades 7-9s.

Figures of Speech are usually only associated with English Language and Literature, and thus solely associated with and understood in the educational learning arena.  We are inclined to believe that  these Figures of Speech are only dealt with and used within the classroom context, or that it can only be linked to educational related issues.

However, if we were to examine our daily language usage it will be found that our language is in fact dominated by Figures of Speech, such as the simile, metaphor, personification,  the symbol, hyperbole and imagery.  We use Figures of Speech as often as we breathe, or even perhaps as often as we blink our eyes.

Sound like an exaggeration?

Perhaps, and at the same time, not necessarily.

Have you ever noticed how many times Figures of Speech are used whilst watching a soccer match between Barcelona and Real Madrid or Chelsea and Manchester United?  In such cases you're either talking to, screaming at, or threatening the soccer ball, the referee, the whistle blown by the referee, one of the soccer players and even the goal post.  Sometimes even the weather - be it rain, wind, hail, sun rays or snow - does not get past your razor sharp tongue.

Ever noticed how you unknowingly converse with your car when it gets a flat wheel in the middle of nowhere, the controllers of your PC or electricity short circuits (load shedding) as if it were human?

electricity short circuit





Figures of Speech can also be found in news bulletins, movies such as the Twilight Saga, Wrath of the Titans and Snowhite and the Huntsman, in our favourite tunes, in advertisements and even in your circle of friends.

All around the world, everywhere we step, turn or skip we can - if we were to have a closer look - find these various forms of Figures of Speech, enlightening us, gracing us with clear and vivid images of the world around us.

 

IMAGINE...

 

Got the image?

Okay.

 

Now, let us view Figures of Speech as a bolt of lightening crackling through the stillness of the night resulting in an explosion of words painted in different colours, textures, and sound effects lighting up our world of imagination and creativity.