Storytelling for conservation action

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Exercise 8: Using techniques to design your story

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List metaphors

A metaphor is a comparison showing that a situation, experience or object is similar to another one. A metaphor often expresses the more unfamiliar in terms of something more familiar and concrete. Writers use similes to express emotion and make their story vivid and entertaining. By finding new metaphors for your own story, you also discover fresh ways to look at your subject.

Examples:

‘time is a thief’

‘love is like a rose’

‘her skin was as smooth as silk’

Metaphors:……………………………………..

List hyperboles for your story

A hyperbole is an exaggeration. It gives life to a statement. I could say ‘I’m hungry’. Or I could say: ‘I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.’

Hyberboles:……………………………………..

List adjectives for your story

Adjectives are describing words, adding information to a noun. An adjective qualifies a noun and gives it dimensions, brings it to life. Examples are: amazing, magnificent,

Adjectives:…………………………………………

List verbs for you story

Verbs are essential to give your story action. Examples of verbs as action words: Running, fighting jumping, falling, flying, winning, destroying, creating, roaring.

Verbs: …………………………………………………

OUR STORY OF REZVIN: Examples of techniques used for the story for the Rotary Club

Metaphors for our story of Rezvin

fell in love

breaking his heart

smell the stench of fear

protector of the forest

missionary work

you don’t ask a woman to marry on a first date

the shutters will go down, the atmosphere will grow ice cold, you will hit a wall

sowing the seeds in order to harvest at the right time

shooting straight in the bulls eye

you can be a wizard

the Sundarban forest is our life insurance

puts you in the drivers’ seat

board our ship

law of the jungle: kill or be killed

jewel of our country

Hyperboles for our story of Rezvin

The population exploded like fireworks

Adjectives for our story of Rezvin

Playful, proudly, magnificent, amazing, huge, beautiful, narrow, magic, bright green, thirsty, deep, dark, mighty, royal, gorgeous, illegal, favorite, hungry, passionate, sad, fierce, angry, dark, red, giant, fiercely, big, bloody, illegal.

Verbs for our story of Rezvin

Watching, listening, joining, dedicated, protecting, living, meandering, hosting, sailing, creating, visiting, twinkling, singing, hiding, exploding, logging, poaching, shrinking, dedicating, wounding, maiming, killing, panicking, growling, roaring, hissing, cheering, attacking, biting, glittering, sparking, stealing, mobilizing.