This document provides information about the poet Maya Angelou and instructions for a scavenger hunt activity analyzing her poem "Still I Rise." It introduces similes and metaphors, then asks students to find examples of repetition, rhyme, similes, and a metaphor in the poem to analyze its literary devices.
3. Review: Similes and Metaphors
Simile: a comparison between two things using like or as
Her eyes were like the ocean.
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.
Metaphor: a comparison that does NOT use like or as
Her lips are a red rose.
4. Still I Rise Scavenger Hunt
1)Find at least two instances of repetition.
2)Find at least 4 instances of rhyme.
3)Find at least 3 similes.
4)Find at least 1 metaphor.