It Figures!
Title | It Figures! PDF eBook |
Author | Marvin Terban |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 67 |
Release | 1993-10-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0547346271 |
“Enjoyable and informative . . . Using this humorously presented book, children will truly improve their styles of writing” (School Library Journal). Writing “The road was bumpy” is okay . . . but isn’t it more fun to say “It felt like we were riding on square tires”? This lively guide shows kids how to make their writing more dramatic, more memorable, or just plain funnier—whether they’re writing for school or for creative expression. It explains six techniques: Similes Metaphors Onomatopoeia Alliteration Hyperbole Personification . . . and provides guidelines for their use, plenty of examples, and entertaining illustrations.
Figures of Speech
Title | Figures of Speech PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Quinn |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 101 |
Release | 1995-11-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1136784985 |
Writing is not like chemical engineering. The figures of speech should not be learned the same way as the periodic table of elements. This is because figures of speech are not about hypothetical structures in things, but about real potentialities within language and within ourselves. The "figurings" of speech reveal the apparently limitless plastic
Fantastic Figures of Speech (Fun with English)
Title | Fantastic Figures of Speech (Fun with English) PDF eBook |
Author | Sonia Mehta |
Publisher | Puffin |
Total Pages | 48 |
Release | 2019-04-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780143444886 |
Do you find figures of speech somewhat flummoxing? Don't worry, alliteration, metaphor, simile, personification and all the rest are just different ways of making language entertaining to read and write. This book is jam-packed with fun activities for you to learn and practise using figures of speech.
Fun with Figures of Speech
Title | Fun with Figures of Speech PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Kopka |
Publisher | Milliken Publishing Company |
Total Pages | 7 |
Release | 2010-09-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0787737879 |
These easy-to-use, reproducible worksheets are ideal for enrichment or for use as reinforcement. The instant activities in this packet are perfect for use at school or as homework. They give your students practice with figures of speech.
Understanding Metaphors
Title | Understanding Metaphors PDF eBook |
Author | Robin R. Johnson |
Publisher | Figuratively Speaking |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-10-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780778718765 |
This appealing title helps children identify and understand the meaning of metaphors. Examples familiar to children are used to help them learn how to decode this often tricky figurative language form and distinguish it from a simile. Understanding metaphors will expand children's reading comprehension and give them skills to add creativity to their writing.
A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms
Title | A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Lanham |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN | 9780520273689 |
"--A revised system of cross-references among terms
Into the Shadowlands
Title | Into the Shadowlands PDF eBook |
Author | Cynthia Reeg |
Publisher | North Star Editions, Inc. |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 2017-10-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1631631357 |
Troll Malcolm McNastee and misfit Frankenstein Gordon—middle schoolers and long-time enemies—venture into the infamous Shadowlands to prove their monster worthiness. Soon they discover that the mysterious world between Uggarland and the humans holds horrors they never imagined, and if they make it out alive, they won’t emerge unscathed!