Unit 5

What are the Traits of a Good Mystery?

Activity

Novel Study Part 2 Author's Style and Setting

Recall the figures of speech you learned in this Unit. A simile, for example, compares one thing to something else using the words like or as.  A metaphor compares one thing to another not using the words
like or as.


Figures of Speech help to develop setting.  For example, in Bridge to Terabithia, the author's similes bring the southern setting and rural culture of the story to life.

  • Jess doesn't put on a shirt to run because "he would be hot as popping grease even if the morning air was chill." (page 1)
  • He worries about making his mother "mad as flies in a fruit jar." (page 1)

Websites

Websites

  1. Listen to Tim and Moby talk about Similes and Metaphors.
  • Click on log in. The user name is 0099 and the password is students.
  • Click on English.
  • Click on Writing.
  • Click on Similes and Metaphors.
  • Click to watch the movie.

  1. Practice recognizing similes with Super Similes.
What figures of speech can you find in the book which convey a strong meaning and image or that help to develop setting?  Complete Assignment 5-6.




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