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The Piper – PATRICK CHALMERS
They rise like sudden fiery flowers
That burst upon the night,
Then fall to earth in burning showers
of crimson, blue and white.
Fireworks - JAMES REEVES
Small blue busybodies
Strutting like fat gentleman
With hands clasped
Under their swallowtail coats ...
Pigeons – RICHARD KELL
Use similes to improve your descriptive writing
Write an original simile to describe each of the following:
1. Waves
2. A simile
3. Football
4. Music
5. Bikes
6. Lightning
The metaphor draws a comparison between two things, but does not use “like” or “as” as the simile does. Study these examples. They will help you with the next activity.:
The beach is a quarter of golden fruit,
a soft ripe melon
sliced to a half-moon curve
having a thick green rind
of jungle growth ...
The Beach - WILLIAM HART-SMITH
The road was a ribbon of moonlight
over the purple moor ...
The Highwayman – ALFRED NOYES
The sausage is a cunning bird
With feathers long and wavy;
It swims about the frying pan
And makes its nest in gravy.
ANON
Use metaphor to improve your creative writing
Write your own original metaphor poem on ONE of the following topics. Use the “sausage” poem as your pattern. Your poem must consist of four short lines and should not have more than 24 words.
| CHECKLIST for metaphor poem | Self | Educator |
| It sounds and looks like a poem | ||
| I have I expressed my own ideas. | ||
| The metaphor is clear. | ||
| I have managed to use rhyming words. | ||
| I have checked my spelling. |
Think about these:
The ability to tell a story, which keeps an audience spellbound, is a gift. How wonderful to be able to spin a yarn which makes the audience laugh or gaze fearfully over their shoulders or weep about the fortunes and misfortunes of a storybook hero and heroine! Part of the magic of story-telling lies in the voice, in gestures and facial expression.
If you write a story, you have to rely on the power of the story line and the words you use.
Like any other successful achievement a story starts with a good idea. Then you need to think about the story line and the characters. Only then can you start working with words. Every word has to count!
“It is not just a quick and easy way to tell a tale. It must have a good beginning and an excellent end, with plenty in the middle, like a good sausage.”
- JUANITA CASEY (Author of many short stories.)
Story-telling competition : Suddenly I realized I was not alone ... Weave a story around this idea. It may be the beginning, the middle or the ending of your story. You may use music or sound effects to create the right atmosphere for your story. Give it a title .
Creative writing activity
Improve your narrative writing skills by making every word count. Write a short, short story (maximum length 100 words) to prove the truth of the proverb:
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