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Comparing 2 things using like
or as
Ex: Fred’s eyes are as blue as
the sky on a cloudless winter
morning.
Comparing 2 things using like
or as
Ex: Fred’s eyes are like the
sky on a cloudless winter
morning.
A direct comparison of
two unlike things
Ex: That wave is a
monster.
Fred’s eyes are an
Create your own:
Simile
A dog is like/as…
Metaphor
A pencil is a(n)…
The repetition of CONSONANT
sounds in words that are close together.
Ex: “…all summer in the
sound of the sea”
--Walt Whitman
The repetition of VOWEL sounds in
words that are close together.
Ex: Try to light
the fire.
Write a
sentence
for this
picture
using either
alliteration
or
assonance
(or both!):
Giving human qualities
to non-human things
Ex: The darkness reached out to the campers.
Fred’s goldfish begged for more friends.
The day awoke in a splash of color.
Write a sentence using
personification.
The wind blew against the
trunks, trying to hurl them
into the raging, black
waters of the Pacific.
Notes
Words that sound like
what they are
An extreme exaggeration
Ex: I’m so hungry I
horse!
could eat a
My backpack weighs a ton.
Your teacher is so dumb, she
took a ruler to bed to see how
An object that stands for an
idea.
A reference, within a literary work, to
another work of fiction, a film, a
piece of art, or even a real event.
It stimulates ideas, associations, and
extra information in the reader's mind
with only a word or two. Allusion
means 'reference'.
Kind of like “sampling” music.
• "The girl's love of sweets was
her Achilles heel," referencing
the warrior in Greek mythology,
Achilles, who could only be harmed
if something hit his heel
• "I am afraid of spiders, but
I'm no Cowardly Lion!“ allusion
to The Wizard of Oz
IMAGERY
Language that appeals to the senses.
(How to write well and
keep your readers
interested)
Use vivid verbs
scampered, bolted,
whispered, clutched
“Taboo”Verbs
(use them sparingly!!)
is
was
am
are
were
be
being
been
She is walking to the store.
She walked to the store.
She hurried to the store.
She strolled to the store.
She tottered to the store.
Use specific nouns
dog…..terrier
student…eighth grader
building…monument
Elizabeth, Ali, and Carol spent last Friday
Telling
sentence:
night over Amy’s house. At midnight they decided
was very
dark
to grab someItflashlights
and play
tag.outside.
Ali opened
the front door. It creaked ominously. The four girls
huddled together and peered past the safety of the
entrance.
A collective shudder ran through the group.
It was as if the house balanced upon a
bottomless pit. Carol whispered, “Flashlights.” Four laser-like
beams entered the blackness. Useless. The light barely pierced
the doorway before it was eaten and swallowed by the night.
Wordlessly, each girl switched off her flashlight and stepped
slowly away from the door.
Now you will create a very short story.
Choose a picture as inspiration.
Your story must be an example of