Category: Writing

Fun With Writing

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Change a Fairy Tale into a Tall Tale

               

  • Find a copy of your favorite children’s fairy tale.

  • Make a list of all the verbs in it and change them into more exciting, vibrant verbs. Use your vibrant verb list.

  • Use hyperbole (exaggeration) to describe the actions of the villains and heroes in your story.

For example, the wolf in The Three Little Pigs could be a SUPER WOLF — 

When he huffs and puffs he causes a TORNADO that destroys the whole town where the three pigs live!

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Homework: Fun with Hyperboles

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 “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!”

Have you ever heard or read this phrase?  Of course, we hope that no one would really ever want to eat a horse. The speaker or writer is just trying to emphasize the fact that they are VERY HUNGRY.

Writers use hyperboles like this to emphasize important points and to make their stories more interesting.  If someone reads this phrase or a phrase like it in a story, they will automatically “see” a picture in their mind that is humorous and very memorable. They will want to continue reading the story!

For Your Homework:  

Create a Tall Tale Hero of your own in ChatterPix.  Make a list of his/her special abilities.  Next, create some dialogue for your hero or heroine in which they describe one of those powers in one sentence which uses hyperbole.

For example, “I’m so strong that I can move mountains with my little toe!

***The character you create will be the hero in an original Tall Tale which you’ll write in the future.