Mark as
metaphor
“the ambitious guest” by nathaniel hawthorne.
- claim/topic sentence: (define the literary term.)
a metaphor
- quoted example/evidence from “the ambitious guest”:
an example of metaphor in the story is in the line “”
- analysis: how did this impact story? explain in your own words. (3-4 sentences)

“The Ambitious Guest” by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

1. Claim/Topic Sentence: (Define the literary term.)

A metaphor is...

A metaphor is a figure of speech that contains a comparison of two unrelated things. In other words, a characteristic of one object is given to another that you wouldn't pair it with. Example - Her voice is music to his ears. (It means that her voice makes him feel happy).

2. Quoted Example/Evidence from “The Ambitious Guest”:

An example of a metaphor in the story is in the line

"his whole life, indeed, had been a solitary path."

3. Analysis: How did this impact the story? Explain in your own words (3-4 sentences).

This metaphor creates a vivid picture in the readers' minds. His life is compared to a path, and not just a path, but a solitary one. Living is described here as walking along a path, a lonely path as he was always alone. This comparison allows having a greater impact on the readers.

I hope it helped you :)

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

b. brooks wrote about the same type of neighborhood in which she grew up.