LIT 3030: AS/LIKE/FINISH THE SENTENCE
Fill in the blanks as rapidly as you can. DO NOT THINK. WRITE. If you have no reflex response, go on the next sentence. Stop writing when you slow down.
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A spider on the old man’s beard is like ______________________________.
A spider on the old man’s beard is like ______________________________.2.The oars on the boat rowed as if ____________________________________.
The oars on the boat rowed as if ____________________________________.3.Nothing was the same, now that it was ______________________________.
Nothing was the same, now that it was ______________________________.4.The wino took to coma like _________________________________________.
The wino took to coma like _________________________________________.5.The dice rolled out of the cup toward Len like _________________________.
The dice rolled out of the cup toward Len like _________________________.6.A child in ___________ is like a ____________________ in _______________.
A child in ___________ is like a ____________________ in _______________.7.Puffy clouds in your glass of wine are _________________________________.
Puffy clouds in your glass of wine are _________________________________.8.______________ is like muscles stretched taut over bone.
______________ is like muscles stretched taut over bone.9.The fog plumed through the gunshot holes in the train windows like ________
The fog plumed through the gunshot holes in the train windows like __________________________________________________________________.
10. The gray honor walked up the satin plank as if _________________________.
The gray honor walked up the satin plank as if _________________________.11.Canceled checks in the abandoned boat seemed __________________________.
Canceled checks in the abandoned boat seemed __________________________.12.If I should wake before I die, __________________________________________.
If I should wake before I die, __________________________________________.13.Alannah poured coffee down her throat as if ______________________________.
Alannah poured coffee down her throat as if ______________________________.14.Up is like down when ________________________________________________.
Up is like down when ________________________________________________.15.You mine rocks from a quarry. What you get from a quandary is _____________.
You mine rocks from a quarry. What you get from a quandary is _____________.16.Marlene dangled the parson from her question as if ________________________.
Marlene dangled the parson from her question as if ________________________.17.She held her life in her own hands as if it were _____________________________.
She held her life in her own hands as if it were _____________________________.18.“No, no, a thousand times no,” he said, his hand ___________________________.
“No, no, a thousand times no,” he said, his hand ___________________________.19.The solution was hydrochloric acid; the problem was, therefore, _______________
The solution was hydrochloric acid; the problem was, therefore, ________________________________________________________________.
20. Love is to open sky as loathing is to _________________________________.
Love is to open sky as loathing is to _________________________________.Reread the sentences you’ve finished, circling a couple that you like best. Begin a poem using a simile/metaphor/analogy you’ve written.
