The Wednesday Wars - Identify Figurative Language
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Types of Figurative Language
By Kristy Littlehale
Figurative language is used in both literature and poetry to create layers of meaning which the reader accesses through the senses, symbolism, and sound devices. Engage students with premade activities and lessons from Storyboard That!
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Lesson Plans by Bridget Baudinet
The Wednesday Wars is a coming of age story that will provoke equal parts laughter and reflection. A comic account of the fictional Holling Hoodhood’s seventh grade year, the book also plumbs unexpected emotional depths as Holling navigates bullies, friendships, and familial stress, all to the grim backdrop of the Vietnam War.
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The Wednesday Wars Figurative Language examples
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- HYPERBOLE
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- SIMILE
- The Merchant of Venice 1. How does Antonio feel as the scene opens? 2.What do we learn about Bassanio’s financial state? 3.Why can’t Antonio help Bassanio financially? 4. What is the final agreement between Shylock and Antonio?
- METAPHOR
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- Principal Guareschi
- DEATH ROW
- PERSONIFICATION
- Murder the boy!
- Yesss, Murder!!
- "Of all the kids in the seventh grade at Camillo Junior High, there was one kid that Mrs. Baker hated with heat whiter than the sun. Me."
- "She slashed through my answers with a broad swathe of bright red ink. It looked like my test was bleeding to death."
- "I was to come to the Principal's office ... I headed off to Death Row."
- "There were the demon rats ... their eyes filled with the Big M - Murder! ... The faster I ran, the more their yellow hatred grew..."
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