Creative Writing Week 5: 2/27-3/2: Basic Figurative Language & Tall Tales

To help you better exaggerate your tall tale, you will want to use figurative language.

Task 1:  Define and find 5 examples of:

•         Simile
•         Metaphor
•        Hyperbole

Task 2:  Use your outline to write a first draft of your own tall tale.  Your tall tale must include the following criteria:

• a protagonist who is a real person, either historical or modern, but who you add details that describe him/her as having superhuman abilities in some way that helps people and has to do with their.
• at least 3 historic/realistic details
• at least 3 exaggerations
• a story with some sort of conflict that gets resolved/solved by the protagonist
• an exposition, rising action, climax (conflict is at a breaking/turning point), falling action, and a resolution
• at least 3 uses of figurative language (similes, metaphors, hyperboles—these will help with your exaggerations!)