Explain the metaphor: The moving children would be an army of ants, streaming down the hall without a backward glance
Both the children and the ants move along in a large group.
Explain the metaphor: A diner’s stomach was a bottomless pit
Both the diner’s stomach and a bottomless pit have plenty of room inside
Explain the metaphor: My legs would be machines, I’d scramble up so fast and bring the cat down safe at last.
Both the boy’s legs and machines work hard
Explain the metaphor: His smile was sunlight that lit up the room
Both the smile and sunlight are bright and cheery.
Explain the metaphor: The runner was lightning in the race.
Both the runner and lightning are very fast.
Add strong adjectives: I paint the adventures in my mind. I make pictures of every kind.
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Add strong adverbs: I paint the adventures in my mind. I make pictures of every kind.
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What is the most dazzling thing you have ever seen?
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What kind of art project would you like to create?
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What is the best idea you have ever had using your imagination?
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Find two rhyming words for a word: fight
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Find two rhyming words for a word: play
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A clock measures time in : seconds / imagination
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A poet uses her ______ to write a poem: create / imagination
imagination
