My Canada

Exercise

Paragraph #1: "Three summers back..."

1. Identify five concrete nouns Highway uses to describe the Australian landscape.

2. Find an example of anaphora.

3. Find an example of polysyndeton.

4. Find an example of a simile.

Paragraph #2: "I turned my head..."

5. Highway describes how excited he is when he sees an ad for Canada "screaming" at him. (Screaming is a strong verb). Highway tells the reader he is excited, but he also shows he's excited. List all the details he added to show his excitement.

Paragraph #5: "Have you ever seen the barrens..."

6. What details does Highway include to show that the water is clean?

7. What details does he include to show how cold it is in the Yukon?

Paragraph #9 (Page 2): "Our cities too..."

8. a) Identify a metaphor used in this paragraph.

b) You don't have to write anything for this question; just re-read the rest of the paragraph and notice all the concrete nouns Highway uses.