1. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Doctor Up Your Writing

2. But Why??? Is your writing putting people to sleep?
Is it putting you to sleep?

3. Think about this sentence…
The horse was fast.

4. BORING!!!

5. What about this… The Horse was a roaring locomotive,
speeding over the fields like a bolt of lightning!
The Horse was a roaring locomotive,

7. Now that’s more like it Do you see what’s happening?
You are actually painting a picture for your reader
Not just telling them something

8. How about this one?
I really love you!

9. What does that mean????

10. What is That Telling your reader?

11. Draw a picture for your reader…
She was his sun, his moon, his stars—she was everything to him.

12. Girls, would you rather be everything or just a far-out idea?

13. Let’s try one more…
He was a good fighter.

14. Paint a picture with your words!
He fought like a raging lion, backed into a corner.

15. It’s a little more convincing…
That’s more like it…
It’s a little more convincing…

16. Now it’s your turn…
Paint your words…