Review Figurative Language Writers use figurative language to create mental images and express ideas beyond the literal meaning of the words.

• • A simile uses the words like, as, or than to compare things.

  … his words were as sharp as a scimitar.

• • A metaphor compares things without using like or as.

  The entire earth is one soul.

• • Personification gives human qualities to non-human things.

  … her temper raged within her …

Analyze Figurative Language Work with a partner to identify the type of figurative language and the meaning of these phrases from “Nadia the Willfull.”

• 1. Nadia’s grief knew no bounds…

• 2. … a look more fierce than that of a desert hawk …

• 3. She could see his smile and the light in his eyes.

What Makes a Character Believable? Use what you know about characters’ traits to evaluate if their actions are believable. Make an Idea Web like this one. Nadia disobeys her father by speaking Hamed’s name. Because she is willful, this action is believable.

Evaluate Believability Nadia persuades her father to let people speak of Hamed. Which of Nadia’s traits make this believable?

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