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Welcome to my final post on crafting an extended metaphor that runs the length of your creative writing. These lessons apply for fiction as well as nonfiction, but for the purposes of this series I...

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Extended Metaphor Using TPCASTT and Pop Music 2

This activity is a huge hit my classroom! It uses Tom Cochran's "Life Is A Highway" and David Guetta's (feat.Sia) "Titanium"

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Langston Hughes Mother to Son Poetry Analysis

Analyze development of theme in Langston Hughes' poems "Dreams" and "Mother to Son" by exploring connotations, tone, imagery, vernacular, and extended metaphor. ($)

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Analyzing literature doesn’t have to be dry and disconnected from students’ lives. Click here to help students discover how symbolism and extended metaphor can relate to their own lives.

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Mentor Text for Metaphor: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

This book really lends itself to not just discussion of metaphor, but the idea of extended metaphor. The story is very sweet and would also be great for discussing theme. After reading the book, students write a four metaphor poem. To accompany this book I would also have my students read the poem "Hope" by Emily Dickinson. It would flow well with the topic of extended metaphor.

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"The Guest House." This is a good example of an extended metaphor.

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Extended metaphor- Harvard Class Day June 4 2003 Will Ferrell SNL 352nd Commencement part 1... Not the best quality of taping, but VERY FUNNY!

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