Similes and Metaphors - Franklin College

Simile and Metaphor Paragraphs
To practice writing with figurative language you are to create a one to two paragraph story
describing your favorite animal. Use at least one simile and one metaphor in your story.
Grammar
Topic
Length
Simile
1 2 3 4 Score
Many
punctuation
and
capitalization
errors. 7 or
more spelling
errors.
Did not
follow the
given topic.
Less than
two
paragraphs
and no
beginning,
middle, and
end.
Several
punctuation
and
capitalization
errors. 5-7
spelling errors.
Follows the
given topic
somewhat.
1 paragraph
with a
beginning,
middle and
end.
Few
punctuation
or
capitalization
errors. 3-4
spelling
errors.
Follows
topic.
2 paragraphs
with a
beginning,
middle and
end. The
story
somewhat
flows.
All punctuation
marks are
correctly used
and the correct
words are
capitalized. No
more than 2
spelling errors.
Follows topic
and writing is
creative.
2 or more
Paragraphs,
story had
beginning,
middle, and
end. The story
flows very
smoothly
2 4 6 8 Score
Simile does
not follow
given
definition.
Metaphor Metaphor
does not
follow given
definition.
Follows
definition, but
is not creative.
Follows
definition, but
is not creative.
Follows
definition and
is creative.
Follows
definition and
is creative.
* PLEASE WRITE A S BESIDE YOUR SIMILE
AND A M BESIDE YOUR METAPHOR
Original and
creative simile
that follows the
given
definition.
Original and
creative
metaphor that
follows the
given
definition.
TOTAL
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