Writers Moves

“And then it struck me: Maybe being brave enough doesn't mean lessening my fear but listening to it.”

• Rule of 3

• Metaphor

• Epiphany Intro Colon

• Listen to your fears and do something about them.

“Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: that even as we grieved, we grew, even as we hurt, we hoped, that even as we tired, we tried.”

• Onomatopoeia

• Rule of 3

• Simile

• Make a sound with your mouth like a motor running.

"White tile catching the light (ting! ting)"

• Parallel Structure

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

"At 45 your tolerance for mean people hits rock bottom"

• Simile

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• The tolerance for mean people at 45 hits a new low.

“I love even incredibly dirty kitchens to distraction– vegetable droppings all over the floor, so dirty your slippers turn black on the bottom.”

• Rule of 3

• Personification

• Defining Dash

• parallel structure

"Giant refrigerator stocked with enough food to get through the winter."

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Defining Dash

• Hyperbole

"But because YOU called me.

I Did everything for YOU" (Basketball)

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Rule of 3

• dribbled for you.

'Whisper words of wisdom..."

• Defining das

• hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Das is a type of bread that is popular in Germany.

"Because I thought forever was like Mars—far away."

• Intro Epiphany Colon

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Ellipsis

"When the wolves of the world are growling. I use my mother for this. She reminds me that I’m built for this. She reminds me that I’m a wolf trap."

• Ellipsis

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration