Secret Garden (Analysis)

Ben Weatherstaff is a bear towards strangers.

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Mary crept through the corridors as a quiet as a mouse. 

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphore
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The trees waved and smiled in the garden.

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Mary moved to Misselthwaite Manor.

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Compare Mary's personality from the beginning of the story to the end. 

• Mary was happy all through the book!
• Mary's personality was sour in the beginning and stayed sour throughout the whole book.
• Mary's personality started out as a sour, sickly child; but she started loving the secret garden, so she changed into a friendly caring little girl. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3