tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638994951862489732.post7396440438765221939..comments2023-10-30T05:29:22.388-07:00Comments on Coffee & Critique Writers Group: Take Your Writing From Good to Great: Figurative Language Sets Writers Apartzeldadghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798725703113239728noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638994951862489732.post-43117699487837633542007-08-06T18:31:00.000-07:002007-08-06T18:31:00.000-07:00Thanks for responding and checking out my blog!I t...Thanks for responding and checking out my blog!<BR/><BR/>I think I have used figurative language in my own writing life, even though I don't remember being taught it during high school or college (as English literature major). Then, when I started teaching 4 years ago, I saw "figurative language" on my school district's curriculum map and used a reference book to find out what it was and how to teach it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638994951862489732.post-23032862706413049262007-08-05T21:11:00.000-07:002007-08-05T21:11:00.000-07:00Welcome to the blog. I'm still trying to get my co...Welcome to the blog. I'm still trying to get my college students to use figurative language! Glad to see someone is working on the next generation.zeldadghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798725703113239728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8638994951862489732.post-34135949335682497202007-08-05T20:37:00.000-07:002007-08-05T20:37:00.000-07:00I just found this blog in random "next blog" style...I just found this blog in random "next blog" style - how cool! I will check it often.<BR/><BR/>When I "force" my 7th and 8th graders to use figurative language for fiction or nonfiction writing, the writing becomes automatically more interesting to read, the writer's "voice" more evident - it's nearly foolproof!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com