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Analyze Author’s Techniques, Including Figurative Language WorksheetAnalyze Author’s Techniques, Including Figurative Language Worksheet
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8th
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2009
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Analyze Author’s Techniques, Including Figurative Language

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Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem "He Had His Dream" is the focus of a quick exercise. Pupils read the poem and answer four multiple choice questions and one short answer question about specific lines in the poem and the author's purpose. While this can be given to learners as is, the resource suggests various activities to modify the worksheet.

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poetry

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paul laurence dunbar, poetry, figurative language, english language arts

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