CALLED OUT
Barbara Kingsolver
Do Now - November 23, 2021
■ “Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather
than what we are separate from.” Terry Tempest Williams
Figurative Language
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Fiction often uses figurative language
Analogy– My friend’s armpits smell like Chili Cheese Fritos.
Personification – The smell punched me in the nose.
Metaphor – His armpits are the gates of hell.
Hyperbole – They are worse than 10,000 baby diapers.
Idiom – He who smelt it, dealt it.
Oxymoron – The smell was sickly sweet.
The Natural World
■ In what ways does Kingsolver show humans interacting with the natural world?
■ Are these interactions positive or negative?
■ How do you feel you interact with the natural world?
■ What did we learn about the natural world through this essay?
Figurative Language
■ Using Word create a graphic
organizer that:
– Idenitifies a type of figurative
language
– Includes a quote from “Called Out”
as an example
– Explains the effect of that example