Read aloud the following extract to your class. Ask them to close their eyes and imagine what you are reading. Discuss afterwards. Finally, give each student a copy of the extract plus the accompanying questions.
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The sky was as black as night all day long. The wind blew so hard that it drove a strong man backwards and the thunder growled and crackled so that we had to make signs to each other, for talking was no use. The lightning flashed so bright that my mother could thread her needle by it.
· What kind of paragraph is this?
· What sensory details were used to help the reader image the situation?
· Which sentence is an example of a simile?
· Which sentence is an example of a hyperbole?
· Add two or more sentences to this description.
· Draw a picture based on the description given in the passage.
· How would you feel if you were in that situation? Why?
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