CONNECT WITH YOUR GRANDCHILDREN: LESSON #3

CONNECT WITH YOUR GRANDCHILDREN:  LESSON #3

 

Okay, when you get back, send me your corrections to the 5 bland sentences & do this while I look at them -

 

Similes often make use of EXAGGERATION. A fancy name for exaggeration is HYPERBOLE. Here are some examples: Tammy sings like an angel. Tom smells like a skunk. Sam runs as fast as lightning. Bill kooks as big as a house. All exaggerations.

 

Your turn. Write five terrific sentences with sensational similes to express exaggeration or hyperbole.

 

Here is one from me - The baseball pitcher used a complicated windup that looked like a windmill in a hurricane that confused the batter and made him swing foolishly like someone trying to swat bugs in the air. (Bonus: TWO similes! Can you do it?)

 

I decided to do another -

 

Theo danced feverishly to the fast music like someone walking on hot coals while his family laughed like a pack of hyenas and the neighbours screamed in amusement like those sitting in the front row of a roller-coaster ride.

 

Hi William,

Grandma and I just saw a large skunk waddle through the backyard like it was on a mission to find food. Yikes!

 

1. Theo runs like a cheetah.

2. My mind is as sharp as a rock. (Is this a metaphor?)

3. He is as agile as a sloth.

4. He is as strong as Hercules.

5. Mike is as powerful as Zeus.

 

So, I looked over your sentences while you are writing a paragraph. I have a few comments. Each sentence could be better and add to the simile by adding an adverb, adjective or noun. See in red.

 

1. Theo runs quickly like a cheetah.

2. My agile mind is as sharp as a rock. (Is this a metaphor?) simile uses like or as

3. He The acrobat is as agile as a sloth.

4. He The weight lifter is as strong as Hercules.

5. Mike, the weight lifter,  is as powerful as Zeus.

 

Do you see how the words in red assist the reader to appreciate the similes? Just throwing in a simile haphazardly is like spitting in the wind. Get it???? You are a better writer than that. I have seen what you can do.

 

GM