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Short Story Review. Mr. MacDonald. Short Story Scavenger Hunt . With a partner find the following Literary Terms in Roach Carrier’s A Secret Lost in The Water Symbol (1) Personification (4) Simile (2) Metaphor (1) Hyperbole (1) Theme (2). Scavenger Hunt Answers.
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Short Story Review Mr. MacDonald
Short Story Scavenger Hunt With a partner find the following Literary Terms in Roach Carrier’s A Secret Lost in The Water • Symbol (1) • Personification (4) • Simile (2) • Metaphor (1) • Hyperbole (1) • Theme (2)
Scavenger Hunt Answers Symbol: Alder Branch (Growth of future generations through wisdom / life experience) Personification: • “The Branch has two arms” • “Fine water that’s never heard of pollution” • “Water beneath the earth refused to sing” • “The branch is squirming”
Simile: • “The alder was wriggling like a small, frightened snake” • “I hear something that sounds like a river” Metaphor: • “One fork of the Y, which was thinner than a pencil” Hyperbole: • “There is enough water to get your whole flock drunk and drown your specialists”
Theme: • “Older generations have knowledge to pass to the newer generations, but useless if not used because it will be lost.” • “Formal education is important, but so are lessons / knowledge we gain from the wisdoms of others.”