Fancy Figurative Language
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Push your students beyond just memorizing the different types of figurative language, and ask them to use these tools in more complex, challenging ways.
- Think beyond clichés
- Use repetition in new ways
- Change the position of the figurative language
Resources
- A great book on figurative language: Shakespeare’s Wordcraft
- A site for imagery: National Geographic Found
- Some ideas for interesting skit settings
Some students write beautiful similes, but most get stuck with the most obvious ideas possible ("it was as cold as ice”). I break down several simple techniques to seriously improve students' use of figurative language.
