Smiley Face Tricks

The ball slowly came towards me. I squinted my eyes at the bright sun. I was more than ready for this moment. I gripped as hard as I could and then swung. I heard the crack first and then the shouting. "Homerun!"

• Magic 3

• Expanded Moment

• Hyperbole

• Specific details

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Halloween is full of those I-can't-believe-that-just-happened moments.

• Magic 3
• Repetition for Effect
• Expanded Moment
• Hyphenated Modifier

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This winter is as cold as a the north end of a tomb!

• Specific Detail

• Simile

• Personification

• Expanded Moment

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

• Hyphenated Modifier

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Magic Three

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The broccoli stared up at me from the center of the dinner table, taunting me to eat it.

• Expanded moment

• metaphor

• Personification

• Magic three

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Our teachers gave us a ton of homework over the four day break.

• Specific Detail

• Magic 3

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

I love snow days, building massive snow forts, and drinking delicious hot cocoa in the winter.

• Magic 3

• Repetition for Effect

• Expanded Moment

• Hyphenated Modifier

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

In the winter, the world feels quieter. In the winter, the sky is a bright white. In the winter, I feel happier.

• Magic 4

• Repetition for Effect

• Expanded Moment

• Hyphenated Modifier

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

As I scrape the last of the snow off of our driveway, I take a moment to enjoy the intense amount of work I just shoveled. Then I groan while the snow gently drifts to the driveway all over again.

• Magic 5

• Expanded Moment

• Specific Details

• Hyphenated Modifier

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

I woke with a please-let-it-be-a-snow-day feeling.

• Magic 6
• Repetition for Effect
• Expanded Moment
• Hyphenated Modifier

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4