Identifying Figurative Language in Inside Out and Back Again

There are many examples of figurative language present throughout the novel Inside Out and Back Again. In this activity, students will identify figurative language such as similes, metaphors, personification, etc. and illustrate the examples from the text.

Examples of Figurative Language in Inside Out and Back Again

• "Like laundry being wrung dry"
• "Hovering like a blanket"
• "Like clusters of eyes, wet and crying"
• “How can we scramble away like rats, without honor, without dignity, when everyone must help rebuild the country?”
• “Everyone knows the ship could sink, unable to hold the piles of bodies that keep crawling on like raging ants from a disrupted nest. But no one is heartless enough to say stop because what if they had been stopped before their turn?”

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Objective: Create a storyboard that identifies figurative language such as similes, metaphors or personification found in Inside Out and Back Again. Illustrate each and write a short description below each cell.

Student Instructions:

1. Click "Start Assignment".
2. Identify figurative language from Inside Out and Back Again you wish to include and type them in the title box at the top.
3. Create an image for examples that represent each symbol using appropriate scenes, characters and items.
4. Write a description of each of the examples in the black text box.