Credit: CREATIVE COMMONS Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from Elizabeth McCracken… Contemporary American writer Elizabeth McCracken has one of the best — most skillful — ears around for figurative language. […]| Publication Coach
I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from Emma Donoghue....| Publication Coach
I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Burkhard Bilger....| Publication Coach
Exaggeration, repeating sounds and playing with language grabs attention. It just does! That's why people use it. It's also why teachers use figurative language to dazzle students with listening, speaking, or reading language. So what's the key? How is it done? Will it really make that totally bored kid in the corner sit up and take notice? You bet it will! Just check out the suggestions below.| Dragon's Den Curriculum