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Read the following short story and identify figurative language. Take note of 12 instances of figurative language in your LA journal.

This short story follows a poor girl, responsible for keeping her family fed, as she stumbles upon a mysterious source of gold in the woods. It has an overall theme of gold as both a gift and a curse. Sharpe also uses a ton of beautiful similes as the narrator tries to make sense of the unfamiliar experiences she’s having.

You can find this short story in All Out, an anthology of historical fiction featuring LGBTQ+ authors and protagonists.

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Figurative language consists of using non-literal expressions to communicate an idea. This is a challenge for our language disordered students, who struggle to understand even literal language. When we throw in other meanings, suddenly language is even more complicated than before. Examples of figurative language include metaphors, similes, and idioms.

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In task A, you found 12 instances of figurative language in the story. Choose any 5 of the 12 instances and rewrite them, using the table attached. Do not change one form of figurative language to another. So, if you choose a simile, you must write a new similie. View the examples in the table to help you.

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Read the story. again, then answer the questions linked on the worksheet below.

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Using the original story from Task A and your new figurative language from Task C, copy the story, inserting your own modifications in place of the originals. Highlight the five modifications that you made.

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Read the following short story and identify figurative language. Take note of 12 instances of figurative language in your LA journal.

This song explores positive self talk and words of self-affirmation. When you feel more positively about yourself, you are more open to learning.

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"AT SEVENTEEN"

By Janis Ian

I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired
The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth...

And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces
Desperately remained at home
Inventing lovers on the phone
Who called to say "come dance with me"
And murmured vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems at seventeen...

A brown eyed girl in hand me downs
Whose name I never could pronounce
Said: "Pity please the ones who serve
They only get what they deserve"
The rich relationed hometown queen
Marries into what she needs
With a guarantee of company
And haven for the elderly...

So remember those who win the game
Lose the love they sought to gain
In debitures of quality and dubious integrity
Their small-town eyes will gape at you
In dull surprise when payment due
Exceeds accounts received at seventeen...

To those of us who knew the pain
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names were never called
When choosing sides for basketball
It was long ago and far away
the world was younger than today
when dreams were all they gave for free
to ugly duckling girls like me...

We all play the game, and when we dare
We cheat ourselves at solitaire
Inventing lovers on the phone
Repenting other lives unknown
That call and say: "Come on, dance with me"
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me, at seventeen...

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By Janis Ian I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth...

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Read the following short story and identify figurative language. Take note of 12 instances of figurative language in your LA journal.

This contemporary short story poignantly describes a father teaching his young daughter to play chess. Scott beautifully splits the setting between their living room where they sit on the “scratchy brown couch,” playing chess with her fathers “chipped and faded” pieces, to the park where the daughter goes to watch the intense games between Manny and Chester. It’s filled with so much descriptive language that you can easily close your eyes and imagine yourself in the scenes.

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Read the following short story and identify figurative language. Take note of 12 instances of figurative language in your LA journal.

Roald Dahl's 'The Landlady' is a dark and terrifying look at 17-year-old Billy Weaver's first and last stay at a bed and breakfast. After asking the porter for a recommendation, he opts for the boarding house, where the landlady looks good on the surface but has a dark secret tied to her taxidermy skills.

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Read the story. again, then answer the questions linked on the worksheet below.

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Read the story. again, then answer the questions linked on the worksheet below.

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Read the story. again, then answer the questions linked on the worksheet below.

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In task A, you found 12 instances of figurative language in the story. Choose any 5 of the 12 instances and rewrite them, using the table attached. Do not change one form of figurative language to another. So, if you choose a simile, you must write a new similie. View the examples in the table to help you.

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In task A, you found 12 instances of figurative language in the story. Choose any 5 of the 12 instances and rewrite them, using the table attached. Do not change one form of figurative language to another. So, if you choose a simile, you must write a new similie. View the examples in the table to help you.

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In task A, you found 12 instances of figurative language in the story. Choose any 5 of the 12 instances and rewrite them, using the table attached. Do not change one form of figurative language to another. So, if you choose a simile, you must write a new similie. View the examples in the table to help you.

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Using the original story from Task A and your new figurative language from Task C, copy the story, inserting your own modifications in place of the originals. Highlight the five modifications that you made.

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Using the original story from Task A and your new figurative language from Task C, copy the story, inserting your own modifications in place of the originals. Highlight the five modifications that you made.

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Using the original story from Task A and your new figurative language from Task C, copy the story, inserting your own modifications in place of the originals. Highlight the five modifications that you made.