Miss Daisy Using Style in Your Writing

Miss-Metaphor  a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing- don’t use like or as  Example  The blades of grass were soldiers standing at attention.

Time for Practice: Write 3 metaphors. Remember, make a comparison between two things and DO NOT use the words “like” or “as” ________________________________________________________

Daisy-Dialogue  using direct quotes in your writing  Example  Mother emphatically yelled, “I won the lottery!”

Time for Practice: Write 3 sentences using dialogue and correct punctuation.  _________________________________ _________________________________

And-Adjectives/Adverbs  Use descriptive adjectives to modify nouns or pronouns. Use descriptive adverbs to modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.  Example  The luxurious hotel sat grandly in the middle of a glorious mountain valley.

I-Idiom  a group of words that have an “understood” meaning which is different from the meaning the words appear to have  Example-  It’s raining cats and dogs.

Time for Practice: Make up your own idiom. Share it with a partner. Try to illustrate it too! _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________

Saw-Sensory Words  appeals to your five senses  Smell  Taste  Touch/feel  Hear  Sight  Example  The hot, gooey chocolate chip cookies’ aroma was wafting from the kitchen.

Time for Practice: Think of being in a movie theater. Write a sentence for each sense.  What I see: _______________________  What I taste: ______________________  What I touch: ______________________  What I hear: ______________________  What I smell: ______________________ USE DESCRIPTIVE WORDS!!!!

Seven-Simile  comparison between two unlike things using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles  Example  The clouds were like fluffy white cotton balls floating in the sky.

Time for Practice: Write 3 similes.  _________________________________

Very-Vivid Verbs  avoid using am, is, are, was, were. Use action verbs  Example  He ran down the hall.  He darted quickly down the long corridor.

Time for Practice: Replace the underlined verbs to make them more vivid!  John ran down the hallway.  The girl and boy walked together to the playground.  The ball was hit over the fence.

Angry-Alliteration  the repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together  Example  The kitchen is close to a quick renovation.

Time for Practice: Write 2 sentences with alliteration.  _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________

Pelicans-Personification  special kind of metaphor in which a non- human thing or quality is talked about as if it were human  Example  The sun is smiling down upon me.  The branch reached out and grabbed my sweatshirt.

Time for Practice: Write 2 sentences using personification.  _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________

Outside-Onomatopoeia  the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggest its meaning  Example  The steaks sizzled on the grill.

Time for Practice: Write 2 sentences using onomatopoeia.  _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________