Narrative writing becomes more interesting and enjoyable when the author makes use of literary devices, vocabulary alternates, and experimenting with descriptive words. In this unit, children will study the work of classic children’s authors who became famous for their use of figurative language. Discovery of and opportunities for working with literary devices including simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, hyperbole and idiom are given focus at an elementary level of wr