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Polish Your Writing With…

Polish Your Writing With…. Creativity Skills. H yperbole M etaphors I dioms O nomatopoeia S imiles P ersonification A nadiplosis A lliteration A ppositive R hetorical Q uestions. Hyperbole. H. ( hy -PER- buh -lee) exaggeration My teacher is so old that even her

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Polish Your Writing With…

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  1. Polish Your Writing With… Creativity Skills HyperboleMetaphors IdiomsOnomatopoeia SimilesPersonification Anadiplosis Alliteration Appositive Rhetorical Questions

  2. Hyperbole H (hy-PER-buh-lee) exaggeration My teacher is so old that even her wrinkles have wrinkles. I have a million things to do today. He has a brain the size of a pea. I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.

  3. Idiom I (ID-ee-um) a word, phrase, or expression that does not mean what it really says That old horse is about to kick the bucket. I decided to throw in the towel on the card game. Jenny has a bee in her bonnet. I’ve got my eye on you.

  4. Simile S (SIM-uh-lee) compares UNLIKE things using LIKE or AS I was as nervous as a snake in a room full of rocking chairs. Walking on that sand was like walking on a red-hot skillet. Susan is as dull as a rubber knife. The mist covered the grass like a silken robe.

  5. Metaphor M (MET-uh-for) compares twoUNLIKEthings WITHOUT LIKE or AS My friend, the strong ox, pushed the car alone. After the marathon, Dad’s legs were spaghetti. My home is a prison. The moon was a ghostly coin tossed to the heavens.

  6. Onomatopoeia O (on-uh-mah-tuh-PEE-uh) words for SOUNDS The doorbell dinged and donged all night. All was quiet except for the hum of the computer. Fireworks crackled in the cool breeze. His voice boomed throughout the house.

  7. Personification P (per-son-if-uh-KAY-shun) human qualities or actions given to nonhuman things • Computers hate me. • The restless wind juggled the leaves. • The hungry chainsaw chewed up the logs. • The school bus spit out children at every stop.

  8. Anadiplosis An (an-uh-di-PLOH-sis) begins a new thought with the noun that ends the thought before it • Practice leads to winning.Winning is everything. • In the beginning God made the heavens and the earth.The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep (Gen. 1:1-2).

  9. Alliteration Al (uh-lit-uh-REY-shuh-n) repetition of several beginning sounds in a phrase • When written right, alliteration is a satisfying sensation. • Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.

  10. Appositive Ap (uh-POZ-i-tiv) a noun or noun phrase that names the noun right next to it • We visited the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. • Jimbo Gold,a professional magician, performed at my sister's birthday party.

  11. Rhetorical Question RQ (ri-TAWL-i-kuh-l kwes-CHUH-n) a question asked merely for effect; no answer is expected • Are you kidding? • Aren’t you glad you use Dial? Don’t you wish everyone did?

  12. POP Quiz Which creativity skill is used in each sentence? Random gossip buzzed through the lunchroom. The camera loves me. He is an old, haggard mule. I turned a hundred shades of red. You’re making a mountain out of a mole hill. That’s as easy as feeding candy to a baby. Were you raised in a barn? Have you read Holes, that book by Louis Sachar? You are facing the single, finest, fighting force ever assembled? Working hard brings success; success brings confidence.

  13. POP Quiz Answers Which creativity skill is used in each sentence? Random gossip buzzed through the lunchroom. P,O The camera loves me. P He is an old, haggard mule. M I turned a hundred shades of red. H You’re making a mountain out of a mole hill. I That’s as easy as feeding candy to a baby. S Were you raised in a barn? RQ Have you read Holes, that book by Louis Sachar? Ap You are facing the single, finest, fighting force ever assembled? Al Working hard brings success; success brings confidence. An

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