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Vivid Creative Writing

Use similes and metaphors to create vivid images, then plan and write a narrative opening.

Similes and metaphors

A simile compares using words such as “like” or “as”. A metaphor describes one thing as if it were another.

1.For each sentence, identify whether it is a simile or a metaphor: “The ramp was a silver wave.”

2.For each sentence, identify whether it is a simile or a metaphor: “Kahu’s wheels hummed like a swarm of bees.”

3.For each sentence, identify whether it is a simile or a metaphor: “The floodlights were bright stars above the park.”

4.For each sentence, identify whether it is a simile or a metaphor: “Nathan shot across the concrete as quick as a startled hare.”

5.Complete the simile with an imaginative comparison: “The evening sky above the skate park glowed as orange as .”

6.Complete the simile with an imaginative comparison: “Aisha’s board rattled over the rough path like .”

7.Rewrite this plain sentence as a metaphor: “The wind blew strongly through the skate park.”

Plan and write a narrative opening

Imagine a story beginning at the skate park. Use the prompts to plan details that will help your reader picture the scene.

8.Plan a narrative opening at a skate park: describe the setting, name your main character, and choose a mood such as tense, joyful or mysterious.

9.Write a three- or four-sentence narrative opening set at a skate park. Introduce a character and create a clear mood. Include at least one original simile or metaphor, then underline it.

Reflect on your writing

Read your opening aloud to a partner, then answer the questions about the effect of your figurative language.

10.Explain how the simile or metaphor in your narrative opening helps a reader imagine a sight, sound or feeling.

11.After your partner hears your opening, describe one image or feeling they say it brings to mind. If you have no partner, reread your opening and describe the image it creates for you.

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