Re-read “Air Castles” and complete the table below by identifying a line from the poem which uses the kind of figurative language indicated. In the example, the phrase “My life’s tomorrow beckons me” is an example of personification because the abstract word “life” is given a human ability to beckon.
Figurative Language
Lines from the poem
Personification
Ex:
My life’s tomorrow beckons me
From distant mountains, high and low.
Synecdoche
Simile
Personification
Activity 3 (PERFORMANCE TASK)
NOTE: Since this is your Performance Task in English, it is important that you carefully answer this activity as it covers a bigger chunk in your grade percentage.
List your possible titles for the following topics. Based on the titles you wrote, identify a possible purpose for writing your paragraph. (2 points per item)
High School:
Purpose:
Joining a Club
Purpose:
Computers and Education
Purpose:
Jobs in the Future
Purpose:
Successful People
Purpose:
Choose a title from what you wrote for Activity A and write a topic outline for your paragraph. (Total Points: 20)
