Young Billy har alltid drömt om att ha en hund. Inte bara vilken hund som helst och inte bara en hund. Billy drömmer om att ha två tvättbjörnar och höja dem för att jaga. Billy arbetar och arbetar för att spara pengar för att köpa dessa hundar och har ingen aning om det verkliga värdet som de kommer att ge till hans liv.
Eleverna kan illustrera exempel på bildspråk i Where the Red Fern Grows av Wilson Rawls och deras betydelse.
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SIMILIE
Look at him! He's not from around here!
IDIOM
I wonder why the trap isn't working...
Maybe you left too much scent around when you made the traps.
PERSONIFICATION
Come on, give the kid a break! Just fall!
No.
Page 44: "My face was as red as a fox's tail." This means that the Billy's face was red with anger when the townspeople made fun of him.
Page 68: He put his thinking cap on and thought over the situation."The term "thinking cap" is used when someone is concentrating really hard on something.
Page 109: "The wind itself seemed to be angry at the big tree's stubborn resistance."This is when Billy was trying to cut down the very large tree and it wouldn't budge. It seemed even the wind was trying to help him, but the tree wouldn't fall.