Ideas By cdeteacher

Here are a few ideas from "Cracking Open the Author's Craft-Teaching the Art of Writing" by Lester L. Laminack.

Repeated Words-Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Repetition of a Specific Phrase-The Other Side

In November Whoever You Are The Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins The Magic Hat Proper Names-Come On, Rain! Uptown Brand Names-Uptown Honoring Speech-The Other Side

Amber on the Mountain
Sound Effects (onomatopoeia)-Roller Coaster
Mr. George Baker
Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy
Alphabet
Figurative Language (similes, metaphors, personification)-
Scarecrow
In November
The Barn Owls
Italics-The Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins
The Horned Toad Prince
Jake's 100th Day of School
Stretching Out the Print-Hurty Feelings
Roller Coaster
The Recess Queen
Stacking Words-Uptown
Come On, Rain!
Jake's 100th Day of School
The Recess Queen
Sentence Fragments-The Recess Queen
Mr. George Baker
Jake's 100th Day of School
Scarecrow
Parentheses-Dog Eared
Dashes to Add an Afterthought-What You Know First
Mr. George Baker
In November
Extra Line Spaces-My Lucky Day

Hope some of this helps!

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