Content Area Topic

I decided to go with “figurative language” for a few different reasons. First, it’s a topic that I love, second, it gives me multiple areas to explore (such as allegory and irony) and third, I have seen firsthand how exploring and understanding figurative language has expanded my students’ abilities to be able to think creatively. Figurative language gives students different ways to express themselves beyond the literal, factual meaning of text—which brings a bit of life and poetic flavor to how they read, write and think.