Mississippi Solo

Define: Metaphor

• Compares two things using "like" or "as".

• Gives human characteristics to nonhuman things.

• Extreme exaggeration used for effect.

• Compares two things without using like or as.

Define: Personification

• Compares two things using "like" or "as".

• Extreme exaggeration used for affect.

• Compares two things without using "like" or "as".

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

How does an avalanche move?

• Rapidly

• Smoothly

• Slowly

• Haltingly

What are you doing when you insulate something?

• Moving it to another location.

• Filling it with water.

• Making it more important.

• Keeping heat from passing through it.

What happens when something splinters?

• It breaks up

• It bends over

• It makes a loud noise.

• It joins together.

What is etherial?

• Cold and wet.

• Loud and noisy.

• Light and airy.

• Heavy and solid.

Which of these sentences uses the word insulate correctly?

• The insulate was so loud I had to plug my ears.

• He insulated me and it hurt my feelings.

• Insulating has become a growing sport over the past 10 years.

• His drink was cold, so in order to insulate it he kept it in a mug with a lid.

Which sentence from the text is an example of personification?

• The river was talking to me, changing colors from puce to brown to thick, murky green.

• The day turned gray and strange.

• No sooner had I ducked into the trees than the sky split open with a loud crash and a splintery, crackle of lightning.

• The trees were tall and no more than three feet around.

How did the author first know that a storm was approaching?

• He felt the river dip up and down.

• He passed through a pocket of thin dry air.

• The river whispered to him, "Get ready."

• The river was changing colors.

The author regards the river as

• a threat

• a friend

• an obstacle

• an inspiration