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Student is able to apply most of the elements of writing (adjectives, similes, metaphors and detail) to create descriptive paragraphs. Written assignments are generally well edited in the area of conventions of writing (spelling, punctuation, grammar). She successfully applies spelling strategies to learn new words (e.g., Light & Sound Energy).

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Literary Devices and Terms

all written as similes) Aphorism - a brief statement expressing some truth as shown is a story; it can be a moral, or proverb, or maxim. Literary Devices p. 2 of 10 Examples: Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. Everyone is afraid of something.

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Simile and Metaphor Student Worksheet

Metaphors and Similes On your own paper, find the simile or metaphor and write it down. Next, write the words being compared on your notebook paper. Finally, write the meaning of the simile or metaphor based on the context of the sentence. 1. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves. 2.

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Persuasive Writing Techniques and Effects

Similes (comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as...as’) Metaphor (a comparison saying something is something else it literally cannot be) Personification (giving an inanimate object human qualities) Chocolate which is ‘as smooth as silk’ trying to create for the reader. ‘You have the world in your hands’ picture of the product or idea you

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AQA English GCSE Poetry: Power and Conflict

nature and weapons all merge through Hughes’ metaphors and similes, this reflects how humans become weapons and nature becomes a human-like victim in the face of war. The government, represented by “the nations”, uses the soldiers like tools, their lives made

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WORKBOOK ANSWER KEY B2 - Macmillan Education

WORKBOOK ANSWER KEY This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanbeyond.com 1˜C 1 23˜ 1˜ 3 4

Roald Dahl THE WITCHES - PBworks

"Which child," she says to herself all day long, "exactly which child shall I choose for my next squelching?" A REAL WITCH gets the same pleasure from squel­ching a child asyou get from eating a plateful of strawberries and thick cream.

You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Scholastic

You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch, You really are a heel! You're as cuddly as a cactus, You're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch.

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