Have students identify examples of figurative language in Underground to Canada and illustrate examples from the text.
Storyboard-Text
Metaphor
Simile
Simile
Bark!
Bark!
Bark!
Bark!
Bark!
Page 14: "Julilly watched. The chain became a silver snake."
Page 51: "The thoughts in her head jumped around like grasshoppers."
Page 89: "It didn't seem real when the yelping noise of hound dogs entered the safety of the sun-drenched barn, shooting through the air like an arrow."