The high bar

The High Bar 3.3.00

WALT: Analyze surface features and the language used

1. The authors describe the high bar in different ways by giving it human/animal like characteristics (personification and simile (using the words ‘as’ or ‘like’). List examples of these characteristics below.

The human or living characteristics of the high bar,  gravity, her legs.	Page	Copy the sentences from the story here.
	17	The high bar is a dark demon
	17	The high bar says nothing
	18	It’s like a dog
	19	It’s like a horrible monster with white staring eyes and a mouth that could swallow me in one gulp.

2. Using personification. Write a sentence personifying the items/objects listed below.

Object	Write your sentences below.
a netball or rugby ball being passed to you.	The netball hates me, it wants to hurt me
a kayak	The kayak keeps throwing rocks at me
your netbook	My netbook hates,it  keeps turning off
your shoes	My Shoes keep untying their shoes lacers

3. Using simile. Write a sentence that describes these items/objects like something else.

Object	Write your sentences below.
the grass	is as green as a  kiwifruit
a kayak	hates me
a pair of scissors	try’s to kill me
a pie	loves me