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Literary Devices in "All Summer in a Day"

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Literary Devices
Metaphor - A metaphor is a comparison that states that one thing is another thing
  • “She was an old photograph dusted from an album., whited away….”
Simile - A comparison using “like” or “as.”
  • “...the blood smells like cotton candy at the fair.”
Repetition - Using the same word or phrase multiple times for emphasis.
  • “All ponies have wings. All Ponies have horns. All Ponies can talk.”
Personification - Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
  • “The lioness smiled at the hunter.”
Alliteration - The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words next to each other.
  • “Zig-zag zombies, zooming to the zenith….”
Varied Sentence Structure - Using a combination of simple, compound, and complex sentences in a passage.
Descriptive Language - The use of adjectives, adverbs and descriptive verbs to add detail.
  • “The Ponies are no taller than the girls, fat and bright as butterflies, with short, round-tipped unicorn horns and small fluffy wings.”
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Question 5
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Identify a metaphor in this sentence

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Question 6
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What is Margot comparing to a penny?

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Question 7
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In this sentence the door is said to "tremble". This is an example of...

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Question 8
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How does the author describe the sun in this paragraph?

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Question 9
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How does the author use repetition in this paragraph?

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Question 10
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What are the children being compared to in this sentence?

Question 11
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How do you know this story takes place in the future?

Question 12
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How can you relate to the children on Venus?

Question 13
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Why do you think the other children are so mean to Margot?

Question 14
14.

Choose three vocabulary terms from this short story and define them:

Question 15
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At the end of the story the children remembered that Margot was in the closet; how did their mindset towards Margot change? Why?

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This sentence is an example of:

Question 2
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Which literary device is used here?

Question 3
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"The sun came out and showed its face" is an example of...

Question 4
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"the sun is a flower" is an example of a...