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Similes and Metaphors
Kind of Activity:
Group Discussion
Objective:
To examine how the author uses figurative language and metaphor to create vivid descriptions
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1.C
Structure:
Print out the following quotes on a piece of paper and give each student a copy:
“She heard something rustling on the matting, and when she looked down she saw a little snake gliding along and watching her with eyes like jewels.”
“Mary felt as if the drive would never come to an end, and that the wide, bleak moor was a wide expanse of black ocean through which she was passing on a strip of dry land.”
“... for when the carriage...
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