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Developing Artistic Writing.pdf - Brevard Public Schools

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Figurative Language<br />

Table of Contents<br />

Page Number<br />

Hyperboles/Mentor Text…………………………………………………………… 1<br />

• Taking Out the Trash……………………………………………………….. 2<br />

• You Should Have Seen the One that Got Away …………………………… 3<br />

• Hyperbole Worksheet ……………………………………………………… 4<br />

Idioms/Mentor Text………………………………………………………………... 5<br />

• Crazy Sayings………………………………………………………………. 6<br />

• Don’t Take Us Literally, We’re Just a Bunch of Idioms…………………... 7<br />

Metaphors/Mentor Text……………………………………………………………. 8<br />

• I am a Walking Thesaurus …………………………………………………. 9<br />

• Simile/Metaphor Worksheet ……………………………………………….. 10<br />

• Making Comparisons……………………………………………………….. 11<br />

Personification/Mentor Text……………………………………………………….. 12<br />

• Human Qualities……………………………………………………………. 13<br />

• My <strong>Writing</strong> Dances Across the Paper……………………………………… 14<br />

Similes/Mentor Text………………………………………………………………... 15<br />

• Dare to Compare…………………………………………………………… 16-17<br />

• Sweet Similes………………………………………………………………. 18<br />

Organization<br />

Effective Conclusions/Mentor Text………………………………………………… 19<br />

• M.E.A.L. Conclusions Leave Your Reader Full, Fat, and Happy! ………... 20<br />

• Circular Conclusions Tie It Up! …………………………………………… 21<br />

Hook/Mentor Text………………………………………………………………….. 22<br />

• Hooks-Make ‘Em Great……………………………………………………. 23<br />

• Hooks with Sounds and Voices…………………………………………….. 24<br />

Transitional Phrases/Mentor Text………………………………………………….. 25<br />

• We Like to Move It, Move It, Move It…………………………………….. 26<br />

• Move Along………………………………………………………………… 27

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