1.  Homework check  Short story introduction  Dear RND outline *Reminder: due Monday 10 th *  Short story test on Tuesday, Sept. 18 th

2.  During homework check…identify the literary devices used in the following sentences.  Faith is like a stony uphill climb.  The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.  Life is an ocean.  (After missing your fourth consecutive shot at the net, you say…) Wow, I am really on today!  As I woke, I heard the rain pattering on the tin roof.

3.  Combine your metaphor with that of your partner  Create two new metaphors using the wording of both of your examples  Ex. Life is a Highway  Pacing the Highway  Pacing the Cage  Life is a Cage

4.  Comprehension questions

5.  The beauty of a short story…  Class reading of Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

6. TODAY’S CHECKLIST  Lamb to the Slaughter Reading  The three types of irony  Alfred Hitchcock’s “Lamb to the Slaughter” What comes to mind when you see this character?