Literature: lesson #5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

 Recap Literature lesson #4:

The art of metaphor

Turn to reader page 23

and let's go through the answers

Close reading

Cocktail time - how realistic is that idea? 

analogy (simile (similar to that ...))

Absences - about memories and the inability to stay in a moment forever.

simile (i.e. this sound of falling (...) like the memory of ...)

Close reading

The base stealer - describes a basketball player who, during the game, is reflecting on whether or not to steal a base. It may refer to any experience in which a person may feel ‘pulled both ways’ – hovering between feelings of excitement, hope and anxiety. 

Full of similes (see line 2, 4 and 8 for examples)

Neuromancer - dark, grey

analogy (metaphor)

Thursday

- Bring your Literature reader and device to class, please.

- Answer all questions on page 30 and 31.

- Read O Me! O Life! on page 32 and the article Like a Moth to the Flame on page 33 – 34.