Choose similes and metaphors from within the play that your students are studying. List the phrases on a worksheet. Ask the students to identify the two elements in the phrase that are being compared.
Now ask them to identify the characteristics that the elements in each phrase share. They could do this as a snowball exercise or in small groups. Model the first set of elements with a groups discussion and feedback- many of the linking characteristics will be adjectives.
Ask students to choose one example of figurative language which they like and write a paragraph explaining how the simile or metaphor adds to their understanding of the character or situation being described.
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