Help your students come to a greater understanding of simile, metaphor, and symbol with this one day lesson using the song "My Shot" from the hit musical Hamilton! This product can be used to provide students with a quick introduction to simile, metaphor, and symbol, as part of a larger poetry unit, or as an independent tool to help students review simile, metaphor, and symbol in text.

This one day, fully digital, no prep lesson includes:

• Teacher slide presentation
• Student slide presentation

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