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Figurative Language Rewrite Race

Read each example carefully. Identify similes, metaphors and intensifiers, then rewrite plain sentences to create a clear mood or image. Your own answers may differ from the examples in the answer key.

Pit stop 1: Spot the device

For each sentence, choose the best description. An intensifier strengthens a word or idea; it is not a simile or metaphor.

1.The playground was a beehive at lunchtime. Which device is used?

Simile
Metaphor
Intensifier

2.The leaves spun like tiny dancers in the wind. Which device is used?

Simile
Metaphor
Intensifier

3.The final puzzle was incredibly tricky. Which word is the intensifier?

4.True or false: A simile compares things using words such as “like” or “as”.

TrueFalse

Pit stop 2: Make plain sentences vivid

Rewrite each plain sentence using the device named. Keep the original meaning, but add a detail that helps a reader imagine the moment.

5.Rewrite “Rain fell on the footpath” as a simile. Aim for a particular mood, such as calm or dramatic.

6.Rewrite “The creek moved through the bush” as a metaphor. Make the creek seem lively.

7.Strengthen “The crowd cheered loudly” with an intensifier. Keep the sentence believable.

Pit stop 3: Choose, improve and explain

Now think like an author: notice how word choices shape a scene, and make your own purposeful choices.

8.Which rewrite gives the storm the most threatening mood?

The storm was a giant drumming on the roof.
The storm was outside.
The storm was quite wet.

9.Improve this sentence with one simile or metaphor: “Evie waited for the school concert to begin.”

10.In “The hallway was a tunnel of whispers”, explain what the metaphor suggests about the hallway or the people in it.

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Pit stop 1: Spot the device

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Pit stop 3: Choose, improve and explain

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