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 * Social Justice and Figurative Language** **in Latino Literature (****9****th** **Grade Humanities)**

poetry through the lens of Latino poets, particularly as their respective poetic works relate to rebellion and revolution as a response to an indentified social injustice. Selected works will include those by Pedro Pietri, Reinaldo Arenas, Julia Alvarez, and Rhina Espaillait.
 * Overview**: This will be one lesson of the unit curriculum collectively devoted to analyzing


 * Unit Essential Question:** How do various poetic devices help an author achieve his/her purpose?


 * Lesson Objectives**

1. Identify examples of personification, metaphor, and simile in given poetic work. (Classswork) 2. Construct at least one written example of personification, metaphor, simile, and personification on a selected theme of injustice. (Exit Ticket)

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