Formal Writing Assignment: 50 marks Inside Stories II “The Metaphor” by Budge Wilson 1. Create 5 one-­‐line metaphors to share with the class. Choose a person or a place that is important in your life and compare to an object. 2. Examine the extended metaphors on pages 219, 223, 232 (green book) or pages 68, 72, and 80 (red book). These lengthy metaphors go into a lot of detail about the object of comparison, so as to fully describe the person in focus. The reader can get to know what the person or place is like without having met the person or seen the place (even without anything concrete said about them). 3. Extended Metaphor Paragraph: You will be creating your own extended metaphor. Select one of your one-­‐line metaphors and write about it in more detail (metaphorically) like Charlotte. Use visual, descriptive, and emotional language to enhance and detail your metaphor. This should be 10 sentences long. Must be on 8 ½ X 11 white paper, neat, and creative. Draw or print a picture of the object being compared. You may also want to include a picture of the person/place/thing you are comparing 4. Explanation Paragraph: In plain language tell me what or who your metaphor is about. I do not know the person or the place you are describing, so you will have to describe them to me briefly. If I do not have this information, I will not be able to see if your metaphor makes sense. This should be approximately 5 sentences in length. Extended Metaphor Criteria and Marking Scale: /15 Descriptive Vocabulary/Voice/Creative Imagery /15 Ideas/Detail/Effectiveness of the metaphor /5 Sentence Fluency/Mechanics/Length (10 sentences) /5 Creative design on 8 ½ X 11 white paper Explanatory Paragraph Criteria and Marking Scale: /5 Clear and Logical explanation /5 Sentence Fluency/Mechanics/length (5 sentences)