Read aloud picture books and look for simile examples and metaphor examples to learn how writers use figurative language to make writing beautiful and convey meaning. Use these favorite mentor ...

Here are the start of some similes but they have not been finished. Write them out on paper, adding in the endings. You need to finish each simile so it makes sense. For example: 'As sad as a ...

Metaphors can provide insight into a problem or situation by taking what we know about one thing and using that to shape our understanding of another. For example, my colleague Paul Thibodeau ...

Here are the start of some similes but they have not been finished. Write them out on paper, adding in the endings. You need to finish each simile so it makes sense. For example: 'As sad as a ...