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Smiley-Face Techniques

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1 Smiley-Face Techniques
Hints to more creative writing

2 Figurative Language Similes Metaphors Hyperbole Personification
CREATE A VIVID PICTURE IN THE READER’S MIND!

3 Specific Detail Specific sensory detail See Hear Taste Smell Touch
ALLOW THE READER TO BE THERE!

4 “Magic Three” Three parallel groups of words to add rhythm and emphasis a point “I’m insane about language. It’s like Shakespeare lives in my closet or Poe transmits to my brain from the great beyond.” REINFORCE YOUR MESSAGE!

5 “Hyphenated Modifier”
Words that describe in combination Four-legged friend Buck-toothed girl Skelton-like kid

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