Use the strategies you have learned in this module to test your understanding of King’s use of language in the following activity. When you analyze figurative language, ask (and answer) the following questions: What type of figurative language is it? What does it mean? What emotions or feelings does the example evoke? What does it tell you about how the author feels about the subject? Why did the writer use it? What is its effect on the overall message?

After reading this excerpt, darren makes a text-to-text connection. which example is a text-to-text connection?

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Choose one of the topics below and use all five sentence patterns in a composition of at least 100 words. return to the lessons "patterns: inverted, compound parts, s/v/do" and "patterns: s/lv/pn, s/lv/pa, s/v/io/do" if you need to review the sentence patterns. you will be graded based on whether all five sentence patterns are present in your work. suggestions for topics: a. what if the sun exploded? b. what if every family owned a helicopter? c. what if each year were six months long instead of twelve? d. what if you were the president of the united states?