Figurative Language
Brushstrokes
Dialogue
SAD openers
100

The drums went BAM!

Onomatopoeia

100

Palms sweating, knees shaking, he stood on the edge of the cliff.

Absolute

100

I want a burger!" Mark said.

"I want a burger!" Mark said.

100

I was zooming through the highway, when I started chasing after a car that I was racing.

Action

200

She sells seashells by the seashore.

Alliteration

200

The Pavilion was a simple city, long and rectangular.

Adjectives Out-of-Order

200

"What did I miss" Suzie asked?

"What did I miss?" Suzie asked.

200

The trees were green, the flowers were bloomed, grass laying everywhere.

Setting

300

It's raining cats and dogs.

Idiom

300

His heart beating very fast, Harry stood listening to the chilly silence.

Absolute

300

Can I have a chip? "asked Suzie"

"Can I have a chip?" asked Suzie.

300

"Are you home yet?" Suzie asked.

Dialogue

400

She is as busy as a bee.

Simile

400

The poems we read in class were her expressions of love to Robert Browning, her husband.

Appositive

400

How old are you? Suzie asked.

"How old are you?" Suzie asked.

400

petals everywhere, trees dying, little patches of snow on the ground.

Setting

500

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Hyperbole

500

The voltage hit his wet mouth like a sledge and stiffened him like a poker.

Vivid Verbs

500

"I want to leave now!" Suzie yelled

"I want to leave now!" Suzie yelled.
500

I was running down the stairs to go get some water but then a saw a rocket ship zooming in the air.

Action

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