3. Reading Like a Writer  The summer dusk hisses on sprinklers  Even one word can change the sentence to a piece of art hisses is a great word and really makes this part of his piece pop and makes really visualize it.

4. Reading Like a Writer  Quote “dusk gives signal for night to be born”  What does this teach me about writing? This teaches me personification can be used anywhere to make a story sound like a storyteller is telling it.

5. Reading Like a Writer  “Slowly dusk pours the syrup of darkness into the forest”  This particular quote showed a great example of personification. Also this makes you imagine. Thank you for taking your amazing skills with writing and showing them to me.

6. Reading Like a Writer  “Dawn is like a seed that grows into daylight.”  This quote teaches me how to use similes in creative way. It is also a form of personification, which can usually be used easily in picture books.

7. Reading Like a Writer  “In the summer dusk hisses on the sprinklers, it flushes out the millions of mosquitoes and armies of bats to eat them.”  It teaches me to be descriptive and sometimes it’s okay to exaggerate.

8. Reading Like a Writer  Quote “It sets the table carefully: Venus a few stars perhaps a crescent moon.”  What does this teach me about writing? This taught me how to be creative in my writing and an example of personification. Also to tie some non fiction into a a picture book.

9. Reading Like a Writer  Quote “Dusk deepens the colors of ordinary things. Even the common grass takes on a luster that makes you stop to look.”  What does this teach me about writing? This quote teaches me that you can use “explode the moment” to make people think.

10. Reading Like a Writer  Quote “ Dusk prepares for the great celebration of night.”  What does this teach me about writing? This teaches me that you can say what you think something would do to use personification. This teaches me that you can say what you think something would do to use personification. Gabriella Spaulding Gabriella Spaulding

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12. Reading Like a Writer  Quote “Fireflies appear, swimming through the air, writing bright messages in a secret code.”  What does this teach me about writing? This quote teaches me that similes make the quote flow better and that Ralph thinks the fireflies make a message in the air. Katie Seitz Katie Seitz

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17. Reading Like a Writer  In the summer dusk hisses on the sprinklers, IT flushes out millions of mesquites and army's of bats to eat them.  This teaches me to use personification and simile in my writing also to use show dint tell.

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