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Checkpoint: Name and Interpret Devices — Homework
Read this new passage, then identify its devices: "The blizzard howled outside like an angry wolf. Snowflakes fell as thick as feathers from a burst pillow, and the porch light flickered as if it, too, were shivering in the cold. My little brother, brave as a knight, insisted on checking the mailbox anyway."
- 1.Find one simile in the passage.
- 2.Find one example of personification and explain it.
- 3.Explain which device in this passage creates the strongest picture for you and why.
- 4.Is "brave as a knight" a simile or a metaphor? How do you know?
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