FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE - HYPERBOLE - Hyperbole is a type of figurative
language where the author uses a great exaggeration to emphasize an idea.
Highlight the hyperbole in this passage, when Papa brings Billy the traps:
"I jumped up and down, and cried a whole bucketful of tears.
I hugged him and told him what a wonderful papa he was.”
What is the author trying to show us by using the hyperbole?
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VISUALIZING SETTING - Locate and read the paragraph in Chapter Two
where the location for their log house is described. It begins with “Mama had
picked a spot for our log house."
Draw a sketch or import some images of the setting you visualize based on
the details given.