Answer the following three questions for the sentence.
“The water seemed to wake up my senses, as if I'd just had a bag of my mom's double-espresso jelly beans” (121).
Carefully read these two sentences:
“Instantly, I felt better. Strength surged back into my arms. The sword didn't feel so awkward” (110).
Instantly, I felt better. Strength returned back into my arms. The sword didn't feel so awkward.
The words in bold have very similar meanings. How does the author’s choice to use the word surged affect the reader’s understanding of the first sentence? (RL.6.4, L.6.5c)
Carefully read these two sets of sentences:
“Grover had scampered to the top like a mountain goat, but the lava had almost gotten me. My shirt had smoking holes in it. The hairs had been singed off my forearms” (111).
Grover had scampered to the top like a mountain goat, but the lava had almost gotten me. My shirt had smoking holes in it. The hairs had been burned off my forearms.
The words in bold have very similar meanings. How does the author’s choice to use the word singed affect our understanding of the first set of sentences? (RL.6.4, L.6.5c)
Use this sentence frame from the simile above to construct your own sentence, like you did during the Language Dive.
