Specific ways to take figurative language beyond the “blah.”
We'll start with the cliché "as cold as ice" and go somewhere much more interesting.
Let's start with "As cold as fire."
What if we started a sentence with the simile?
Is your students' use of repetition limited to, "The girl was very, very, very fast."? Let's borrow some ideas from Shakespeare!
Let's make this simile even more specific.
Let's make this simile even more specific.
Students will make their similes super specific.
Let's make that simile even more specific!
Let's make this simile even more specific.