1. Laura Bopp 2011

2. Highlight an example of figurative language in the passage. In sleep, my mother looks younger, still worn but not so beaten-down. Prim’s face is as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which she was named. -excerpt from The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins Why do you think the author used figurative language here? Do you think it was effective? Why or why not? Primrose

3. Highlight examples of figurative language in the following passage. In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in a an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind. Behind the trees clouds scudded frantically across the sky. Every few moments the moon ripped through them, creating wraithlike shadows that raced along the ground. -excerpt from A Wrinkle in Time written by Madeleine L’Engle Why do you think the author used figurative language here? Do you think it was effective? Why or why not?

4. Highlight examples of figurative language in the following passage. Why do you think the author used figurative language here? Do you think it was effective? Why or why not? I AM A SWORD I am a sword, Sharper than a tongue Nobody can defeat me, Because I am a sword, I can not be hurt by what people say About me, I will not show my anger Against Someone else. By Alex -from Library Think Quest

5. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth. Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same. And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -written by Robert Frost The Road Not Taken Does this author use figurative language in this poem? Was it effective? Why do you think the author used figurative language in this poem? How are metaphors used differently in this poem compared to “I am a Sword”