6. Writing Activity: Literary Analysis Look back through the memoir to list examples of how the author uses similes and personifies the river. Focusing on examples from your
list, write a two to four-paragraph literary analysis that explains how the author uses
figurative language in this memoir.
Support your main points by using quotes from the text as examples.
• Explain the meanings of the examples and how they contribute to important ideas of
the memoir.
• Discuss what impressions you have about the author's writing style, based on his
use of figurative language.