Poetry is fun and helps us create pictures in our minds as we read. This week, look for poetic imagery in your prose (regular book) reading. Select the words or phrases and explain how it sets a mood or paints a picture in your mind.
I will give you an example from the book I am reading this week, called A Wrinkle in Time: "In her attic bedroom, Margaret Murray, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind. Every few minutes the moon ripped through them, creating shadows that raced along the ground." I can see Meg shivering in her cold bedroom in the middle of the night and I can hear the wind howling outside. The storm sounds angry (frenzied lashing of the wind) and the mood seems spooky, like something bad is going to happen. I notice the author is using personification with the moon and the shadows (using the words ripped and raced.) Share a few words from your book and explain how the author is using imagery or figurative language to paint a picture. Some examples of figurative language are: Personification (giving life like qualities to something that is not alive) Alliteration (repeating the beginning sounds of words) Simile (comparison using the words "like" or "as." Metaphor (saying something IS something else) We know this is a tough blog question but we also know you all can do this! Give it some thought and be on the look out when you are reading.
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This week you will be writing your speech for our biography project, "A Night at the Museum." One of the most important parts of the speech will be telling your audience why your person matters. Why do we know and respect this person? How has your person made the world a better place? Tell us more about your topic, then read over your classmates' posts and respond to their ideas. Try to connect your biography person in some way to those of your classmates. Do they believe in the same ideas? Did one person influence another?
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