Exaggeration and Hyperbole!

Your Newspaper editor has asked you to cover one of the news stories below.  To make it a bit more interesting you have decided to exaggerate the facts to keep your readers interested.

Use one of the images below to start you off on a brilliant short story. Limit 200 words plus a picture.

Explain to us what happens next...

Describe what caused this to happen...

Write it like a funny news story...

Think of a NEWS HEADLINE (title) to grab the reader's attention!

Remember to plan out some ideas first including some good describing words to go with your story.

Things to describe:  colour, shape, size, smell, sound, touch feel texture, movement, who, what, where, when, why, how

Below are some ideas to get you thinking.

 How did all these bananas get here?  Was it a minion banana robbery?

 Who lives here? Describe the house.  Does it smell.  Maybe Jack lives here... Jack who?

 New transport solution for busy city streets... leave the car at home and take the... instead!

 Giant eggs?  A sign that aliens have landed?  

Or is it the biggest chicken you have ever see!  DON'T LOOK UP! splat!

Why is the shark trying to attack the man on the ladder? 

No fish left in the sea!  Sharks now desperate for food!

Giant egg discovered in the Ilam school playground.  

What happens next?

100 Word Description

They a say a picture is worth 1000 words!
Just try to write 100 words to describe something about ONE of the pictures below.

Chose one of the images below for a short descriptive piece of writing.
You writing might only be part of a larger piece or story.
It should describe the thing in the picture or explain something about it.

Use your IMAGINATION!

Total length 10 lines
100 Words

Do a draft into your writing book - remember to miss lines

Completed descriptions can be added to the blog - click here

Things to describe:  colour, shape, size, smell, sound, touch feel texture, movement, 

The Butterfly Girl

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what she is doing

Describe what she looks like

Describe where she is from

Describe when she can be seen

The Red King

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what he is doing

Describe what he looks like

Describe where he is from

What is he plotting?

The Magical Key

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what the key looks like

Describe what is behind the doors it can open

Creature of the Deep

Describe: (show don't tell) 

Describe what this creature is

Describe what it looks like

Describe the place where it lives

Describe what it does or what it feeds on

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