Figurative Language
Brushstrokes
Dialogue
SAD Openers
100

There was deafening silence. 

oxymoron

100

Heart beating, head spinning, she stood up.

absolutes

100

"Good night my mother said on the phone."

"Good night," my mother said on the phone.

100

In a deep dark forest in a distant kingdom there was a mansion house built of warm red stone.

setting

200

She was a cheetah. 

metaphor

200

The car zoomed into the parking lot.

vivid verb

200

"no homework" shouted Laura!

"No homework," shouted Laura!

200

Bang! a plate hit the wall, Crash! a glass shattered on the floor.

action

300

She sells seashells by the seashore.

Alliteration

300

His helmet round and square, was stuck.

Adjectives out of order

300

"Sam," Tom said let's leave"

"Sam," Tom said, "let's leave.

300

"Josh get down here right now," yelled mom. I sighed Walking out of my room wondering what I did this time.

dialogue

400

The ice was as frozen as a rock.

Simile

400

My hamsters, Chickie and Croutana,

Appositive

400

"I think your wrong," Sarah Said

I think your wrong," Sarah said.

400

"You go ask first," whispered Fred as he nudged Frida closer to the kitchen.

"I don't think so," muttered Frida. "They'll know we're up to something if I go in first."

dialogue

500

My Teddy bear gave me a hug.

Personification

500

our teachers, Mrs. Rainwater and Mr. Holmquist, are helping us with dialogue.

appositive

500

"Go to bed," said mom. "I am," I said.

"Go to bed," said mom.

"I am," I said.

500

The room was loud jammed with a mob of people, with thundering voices.

setting