I’m not convinced that they’re all real, but if you’re looking for a good laugh (and who isn’t), then check out the list of funny metaphors used in high school essays from Help.com. A few of my favorites: “She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli, and he was room temperature [...]
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Friday Funny: Metaphors Used in High School Essays
August 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Humor, Teaching, Writing
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Great Neal Stephenson Anecdote for Writing Teachers
August 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Writing
The Lifehacker site has a great story about how the writing process isn’t always as neat, orderly and sequential as we teachers sometimes portray it. The story would make a great anecdote for a teacher inservice on the writing process or for a mini-lesson on silencing the inner editor: How Neal Stephenson’s Typewriter Kept Him [...]
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Can You Write a Story Without Using the Letter E?
August 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Lessons, Writing
A lipogram is a type of word play whereby an author creates a piece of writing with a missing letter. One of the most famous lipograms is Ernest Vincent Wright’s 50,000 word story, Gadsby, which omits the letter E. For a fun way to engage students in writing and help them with the trait of [...]
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