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The Metaphor Challenge

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Teach students to use metaphor effectively in their writing--and let them have a little fun too! UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2020 with an option for distance learning - if you want the digital version only,click here.
(This is part of my Figurative Language Challenges Bundle).
I created these challenges when I realized that my students -- who could parrot back the definition of a metaphor, and even identify ones in their texts -- could not easily create their own. The challenges, then, are designed to give them practice with the process required to first find the similarities between words/ideas, and then to create a metaphor that makes an effective comparison.
First, there is a slideshow that presents three very common metaphors about life. It walks students through the process that a writer would use to try to find connections between ideas and then to capture those similarities in a metaphor.
Next, you will find three different options for challenging your students to write metaphors. The first two are quick and could be used for skill-building only. Each of them can be followed with a short writing assignment that asks students to write a paragraph that extends the metaphor.
The word strips and student handouts are completely editable, so you can tweak them to meet the needs or your class.
I also have The Metaphor Challenge, The Personification Challenge, The Allusion Challenge and The Idiom-Imagery Challenge and The Hyperbole Challenge. If you'd like to save and buy all of them, check out my Figurative Language Challenges Bundle.
If you're looking for other games and activities, you might like to check out: Vocabulary Challenges, My Grammar Games Bundle and
Writing Challenges
If you're looking for other critical thinking activities, you might like to check out: Critical Thinking Activities for Any Text
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