Homework check Short story introduction Dear RND outline *Reminder: due Monday 10th* Short story test on Tuesday, Sept. 18th

During homework check…identify the literary devices used in the following sentences.

Faith is like a stony uphill climb.

The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.

Life is an ocean.

(After missing your fourth consecutive shot at the net, you

say…) Wow, I am really on today!

As I woke, I heard the rain pattering on the tin roof.

Combine your metaphor with that of your partner

Create two new metaphors using the wording of both of your examples

Ex. Life is a Highway Pacing the Highway

Pacing the Cage Life is a Cage

Comprehension questions

The beauty of a short story…

Class reading of Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

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Lamb to the Slaughter Reading The three types of irony Alfred Hitchcock’s “Lamb to the

Slaughter”

What comes to mind when you see this character?