MYP1 Lesson 7&8 2025

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MYP1 Lesson 7&8 2025

The Edge

The Edge

What words/phrases have been used for 'The Edge'?

Name the metaphor

- it towered above them (p19)

- that'd be the end of you (p24)

- winter seemed to linger (p26)

Name the simile

- covered the hill like a blanket (p19)

- Cheshire's flat as a pancake (p19)

- like a green and yellow patchwork quilt (p25)

- shaped roughly like a discuss (p25)

- vibrated as if from an oven (p25)

Dramatis Personae

This is a Latin phrase that literally means 'person(s) of drama' 

(it is a plural noun but can be treated as singular or plural). 

It is a list of the main characters and some of the lesser ones, in a book or play, with information about who they are, to whom they are related, and what they look like.

Activity

Can we use Fantasy to escape?

My favourite author of all time:

Terry Pratchett

Read the text and work on the Activity

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activity

What does Pratchett say about Folklore?

What is your opinion on the purpose of Folklore?

Why does fantasy appeal to us so much? (question 2)

Read Chapters 3-7