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Knife Figures of Speech

Date: October 7, 2020

During period 7, we read the short story “Knife” from out Sightlines collection. We answered comprehension questions in class. For homework, I want the students to answer questions based on the following usage of figurative language in the story:

1) Identify the metaphor found on page 5

2) Describe the figurative language found in the second full paragraph of page 7

3) Find the idiom in the second last paragraph of page 7

4) Find the simile in the second last paragraph of page 8

5) Find 2 examples of alliteration on page 12