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Pretend you are Jose and write a DETAILED/DESCRIPTIVE diary entry explaining what happened to you. You will be graded on your use of at least: 2 adjectives,  2 adverbs,  2 similes OR metaphors (or other types of figurative language),  2 onomatopoeias 3 sensory details (see, hear, touch, taste, & smell) Highlight the detailed / descriptive words & phrases you used to help create imagery.

Thinking about what you learned through the RAFTS activity, now pretend you are Tom Sawyer and write a DETAILED/DESCRIPTIVE diary entry explaining what happened to you. You will be graded on your use of at least 2 adjectives, 2 adverbs, 2 similes OR metaphors, 2 onomatopoeias, and 3 sensory details. Highlight the detailed / descriptive words & phrases you used to help create imagery.

Many people LOVE music but don't like poetry. Have you ever thought about how song lyrics are  just like  poems? For this assignment, you will be analyzing 1-2 songs of  your   choosing  and looking for figurative language in the lyrics. Please look at the requirements listed below AND use my example as a guide. Requirements 1. Choose 1-2 songs that  you like . I do not care what they are, but the lyrics you choose to write in your blog  do  need to be school appropriate. :) 2. Find  4 different  examples of figurative language in your song's lyrics. If you are using 2 different songs, you can find 2 examples in one and 2 in the other. 3. For each example of figurative language, you need to say  WHAT  figurative language technique it is,  WHAT  the lyrics are that it appears in, and  WHY  it fits for that technique. Please please please please use my example for what it can look like! Examples Song: "Fireflies" by Owl City 1. PERSONIFICATION "If ten million