Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Part 2 of Fancier Figurative Language

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Objective

Students will improve their figurative language by starting with an opposite meaning.

Steps

  1. Students change a cliché simile into its opposite.
  2. Then they add details to make their figurative language even more specific.

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