Drafting Myths/Tall Tales, Week 5

To help you better exaggerate your tall tale or to make your myth sound more mythical, you will want to use figurative language.

Task 1:  

Define and find 5 examples of each of the following:

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Task 2:  

Write a draft of your tall tale or myth.  Refer to the previous week’s directions (Week 4) and your outline to write your tall tale or myth.  Your tall tale or myth MUST include all of the elements required in the outline as well as read like a story that flows and transitions.  Additionally, you must include at least four (4) instances of simile, metaphor, personification, and/or hyperbole.  (You don’t need to use all four devices, but you need four instances, so if you skip one, for example, you must have two instances of another.)