Figurative Language Lesson

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By Abriana Iwanski

One of our text tasks with Touching Spirit Bear was finding figurative language in the text, identifying the type, and deciding how it contributed to our understanding of the text.

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​Mentor Texts

Find the mentor texts in Google Classroom - I have created a new material with the links under today’s assignment called WEDNESDAY - Mentor Texts. You will scan each document for use of at least one type of figurative language. In the following slides, you will provide the sentence you found it in and the type of figurative language being used. If there is no figurative language, indicate one way the author could have used figurative language to enhance the story.

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SANDY’S LEGACY

Find one example of figurative language in this story. Copy the sentence below along with which type of figurative language it is.

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EVIL KNIEVEL

Find one example of figurative language in this story. Copy the sentence below along with which type of figurative language it is.

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REDWOODS

Find one example of figurative language in this story. Copy the sentence below along with which type of figurative language it is.

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MY MOTHER’S LAST WORDS

Find one example of figurative language in this story. Copy the sentence below along with which type of figurative language it is.

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Did these writers create effective similes? Why or why not?