The Phantom Tollbooth - Analyzing Figurative Language
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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Lesson Plans by Elizabeth Pedro
The Phantom Tollbooth is a fantasy novel about a young boy named Milo who was always unsettled and unable to find purpose in life. One day, a mysterious tollbooth appears and transports him to a life of magic, adventure, and wonder.
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Storyboard Description
The Phantom Tollbooth Figurative Language examples - idiom, personification
Storyboard Text
- Slide: 1
- IDIOM
- "The duke here can make mountains out of molehills. The minister splits hairs. The count makes hay while the sun shines. The earl leaves no stone unturned."
- Slide: 2
- PERSONIFICATION
- "The late-afternoon sunlight leaped lightly from leaf to leaf, slid along branches and down trunks, and dropped finally to the ground in warm, luminous patches."
- Slide: 3
- IDIOM
- "Ladies and..."
- "I didn't know that I was going to have to eat my words."
- Slide: 0
- I can't say that I think much of your choice.
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