Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

Part 1 of Fancier Figurative Language

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Objective

Students will improve their figurative language by making a cliché into something very interesting.

Steps

Students will begin with a cliché and add a detail to make it more specific.
Students will continue to add more details and make that cliché even more specific.

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