https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu Practice writing an extended metaphor as though it would appear in a story. Make sure you are avoiding "like" or "as" in your comparison, and be sure to extend your comparison for a few sentences. en-us 2016-12-16 13:40:48 UTC 2025-09-27 12:02:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298145 My dog has the energy of a person who just drank 10 cups of coffee. He bounces around and jumps off the walls.  And then when he is done just as expected he crashes.]]> 2016-12-19 13:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298145 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298185 My family is a mile long parade. There are hundreds of people in our marching band and thousands of dancers. We cause a commotion in every street we parade on. We leave a trail of silence as we dance away through the night.]]> 2016-12-19 13:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298185 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298223 My mind is a bouncy ball ricocheting off walls and buildings causing endless commotion.  It smashes through billboards on the highway causing horrendous traffic on the highway.]]> 2016-12-19 13:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298223 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298258   My room is a barn full of nasty pigs.  The dirt on the floor has extra pieces of hay in it. The food crumbs from last time they ate are squashed in the corner.  ]]> 2016-12-19 13:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298258 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298298 My mind is the Pacific Ocean. Tons of thought and ideas are swimming around in my head. And thousands of places to explore]]> 2016-12-19 13:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298298 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298398 2016-12-19 13:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144298398 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144299181 The way my mom reads books is the way how Earth rotates: never stop. She has universe-sized book shelf, and she will grab one to read everyday, and by the end of the day, she is already done with the book.]]> 2016-12-19 13:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144299181 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144299263 My school is indoor North America. The gym is Canada. The cafeteria is Mexico. And the library is USA. The classrooms are all the towns in. ]]> 2016-12-19 13:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144299263 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144299477 My bookshelf is a universe filled with an infinite amount of galaxies. There are the nebulae that become suns, shining through the darkness of space. There are black holes who suck in the light in our solar systems. The amount of worlds is infinite and will continue growing with our creativity and imagination]]> 2016-12-19 13:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144299477 crager1 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144299749 My life is a ball that was dropped off of the Empire State Building. My life is one big stock market going up and down. My life is a big bull frog jumping around up and down.]]> 2016-12-19 13:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144299749 crager1 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144300471 My mind is a war just waiting to happen. Almost knowing it would decide my fate.]]> 2016-12-19 13:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144300471 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306460 My energy level is a leaping monkey on a sugar high. It jumps from tree to tree in a rain forest with soda still running down it's face, and cotten candy in it's hand.]]> 2016-12-19 14:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306460 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306467 My energy level is a spinning tornado at full speed. It turns constantly and knocking down everything in its path. ]]> 2016-12-19 14:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306467 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306482 My dog has the energy of a teen on New Year's Eve watching the ball drop. He will be jumping up and down every second as the host counts down. When it finally turns twelve o'clock of the new year, he will run outside and leap into the air as the fireworks erupt. When it is finally time to drive home, he will run circles around the house saying goodbye to his friends, leaving it quiet.]]> 2016-12-19 14:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306482 weissr82 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306490 My mind is World War III with all sorts of countries fighting against mine. Sometimes, I just have to take a break, but the warfare interrupts my helpless dreaming. Day after day, I wait to return home, but it seems to go on FOREVER.]]> 2016-12-19 14:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306490 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306514 My room is a disaster area. The remains of clothes and toys litter the floor after a leave the room. I sleep on the ground because my bed is now a giant dumpster for the remains of items that's were torn up in my tornado.]]> 2016-12-19 14:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306514 epedaci https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306515 My dog is a tiger on a sugar high. The crime scenes of murdered toys litter the ground. ]]> 2016-12-19 14:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306515 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306541 My bedroom is a war zone. It has piles of clothes waiting to be sent back to their homes. The small amount who are still safe are afraid they might be next!]]> 2016-12-19 14:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306541 yuxjin https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306549 My thoughts are a war zone. There's bombs exploding, people cowering in fear, and in the middle of it, is an endless black hole of fear and sadness.]]> 2016-12-19 14:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306549 ekalmbacher1 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306640 My room is a trash can filled up to the top where creatures can eat the leftovers from last night. A pool of waste floods the entire room.]]> 2016-12-19 14:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306640 gwolfe https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306657 My mind is a basketball game. Everything is running around just like my thoughts, but when there is a timeout it all stops. I have voices in my head shouting at me, like the people on my shoulders good and bad.]]> 2016-12-19 14:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306657 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306677 My mind is a battle ground. There are many people lost and in danger. Everyone's is fighting for what they want.]]> 2016-12-19 14:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306677 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306807 My room is a store after Black Friday. There are things lying on the floor waiting to be  picked up and put back in their place. ]]> 2016-12-19 14:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144306807 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144307105 My mind is a series of bombs. Once one detonates the rest are a disaster waiting to happen.]]> 2016-12-19 14:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144307105 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144307283 My mind is a cartoon, with unicorns flying around, kittens and puppies are dancing on rainbows. And my mind is a new born toddler's play pen!]]> 2016-12-19 14:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144307283 weissr82 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144307560 My brother has the attitude of a teenage girl. If you mess with him while he is staring at any screen, you will be completely ignored. When he gets ignored, he just whines at you until he gets his way.]]> 2016-12-19 14:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144307560 epedaci https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144308123 My imagination is an abstract painting. Colors are splashed everywhere and random polygons scatter the area. All this combined creates unreasonable idea space of what to do in my free time.]]> 2016-12-19 14:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144308123 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144308859 My room is a dumpster. Trash is flying everywhere and the amount of items on the floor seems to infinitely increase. ]]> 2016-12-19 14:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144308859 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144355693 My locker is a museum. There are treasures and trash in there. Everything is protected by a metal lock. I add and take keepsakes and occasionally have a robbery. It  is a haven for my items and tourists. There are thousands of policies and rules to follow and break. At night the janitors clean up and protect my muesuem.]]> 2016-12-19 17:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144355693 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361364 My mind is a complicated maze. Everywhere you turn there is no end. Piles and piles of thoughts and and wasted ideas block what should be an entrance. For sometimes you believe you see light, but it is just a bottomless pit with wasted space. ]]> 2016-12-19 18:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361364 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361386 M]]> 2016-12-19 18:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361386 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361392 My locker is a building. Each shelf is a new level with different rooms. One floor is a office of books, with a different purpose for each one. The bottom layer is the storage room/basement, where unused objects are placed, waiting for their needed time.]]> 2016-12-19 18:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361392 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361419 My mind is an airplane. Sometimes it's a smooth ride, no turbulence to shake everything in my head. Other times it's hard stay calm,  the plane is crashing, and hard to not do anything with the thoughts bouncing off the walls and hard to control myself. Packet with people and things being transported everywhere. ]]> 2016-12-19 18:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361419 wpetula https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361426 My life is a river. It twists and turns in many different weird ways, and sometimes will split, creating unlimited choices and obstacles that I have to overcome.]]> 2016-12-19 18:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361426 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361487 My mind is a house. Each room holds a different purpose. Each part of my mind has a different goal. The foundation is set, but the inside is changeable.]]> 2016-12-19 18:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361487 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361531 My personality is a maze. Everywhere you turn there is a new trail to follow. Sometimes there are dead ends but there is always a way out. When you think you see light, a blocked path awaits you. It seems like it is never ending but at one point you finish your journey.]]> 2016-12-19 18:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361531 axie https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361561 My imagination is a tornado. Thousands of thoughts swirling about, nothing can stop it from going beyond.]]> 2016-12-19 18:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361561 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361566 My energy level is the height of the Empire State Building. There are a huge amount of ideas for good causes.

]]> 2016-12-19 18:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361566 ecorcoran4 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361572 My room is an endless pit . You wear something one day and you can't find it until years later. Friends borrow things and don't return them. ]]> 2016-12-19 18:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361572 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361598 My energy is a roller coaster it goes up and down sometimes I could be really hype and sometimes I just want to sleep and do nothing.

]]> 2016-12-19 18:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361598 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361612 My dog is a tornado. She runs around wrecklessly playing. She tears up furniture and trashes the house with paper. Then she stops and clams down for a while.]]> 2016-12-19 18:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361612 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361654 My mind is a post office.Packages of thoughts coming in all day..Some I pay attention to,others I put aside.Whenever I find an idea that interests me,I focus on it until I fully understand it,which could lead to a delayed delivery.]]> 2016-12-19 18:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361654 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361709 My personality is a softball game. People are yelling at me to do both good and bad things. Sometimes it can get boring, but other times it can be loud, fast, and competitive.

]]> 2016-12-19 18:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361709 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361734 My mind is a hockey game. The thoughts are the players on the ice, and they are constantly changing. Unsaid sentences are players coming as a line. ]]> 2016-12-19 18:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144361734 wpetula https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144362120 My cat is a obese, sunbathing man. She lays all day, gaining weight, and picking up dust and dirt, laying with no purpose whatsoever until she burns up in the summer air.]]> 2016-12-19 18:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144362120 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144362288 My mind is a bottomless pit. The deeper you fall, the more ideas you'll find. There is never an end to my ideas and thoughts. Once I fall in, I can never come out.]]> 2016-12-19 18:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144362288 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144362535 My room is a bottomless pit you go in and  find things. I didn't even know I had. Then the next day I lose it again then it is the same cycle over and over again]]> 2016-12-19 18:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144362535 axie https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144363606 My thought is like a soccer ball. Once it gets disturbed, it rolls far,far away sometimes it can't be stopped, no matter how hard you try.]]> 2016-12-19 18:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144363606 wpetula https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144363932 My room is a black hole. What goes in stays in, and whenever I need something most from there, it is sucked away into the abyss of nothingness, never to be seen again.]]> 2016-12-19 18:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144363932 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144364195 My brother is an itch that never goes away.It itches every second.]]> 2016-12-19 18:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144364195 wpetula https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144364538 My little brother is a particularly annoying tick in my hair. He bounces around making noise and sending me into some sort of disease.]]> 2016-12-19 18:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144364538 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144364584 My eyes are a vacuum cleaner. They suck up everything in sight and collect it for later. Any sight of no importance is quickly dispelled throughthe  ]]> 2016-12-19 18:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144364584 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373191 My mind is a supermarket. I go and pick up an idea, then later realize I do not enjoy it or that it is bad. I stuff the idea I had into a shelf where I will never find it again. Finally I purchase another idea that I found, and try it out.]]> 2016-12-19 18:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373191 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373243 2016-12-19 18:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373243 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373292 Adam Saunders
My mind is a workshop. I can make anything I want. I can buld and create. I can make anything I want. Tools litter the walls. Now I am finished with my creation.

]]> 2016-12-19 18:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373292 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373386 A library is the mall. There are so many choices but only one will fit what your looking for. So many colors all staring back at you while you search. A verity of different people all looking for a perfect fit.]]> 2016-12-19 19:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373386 zoebarclay https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373410 My room is a twister. Throwing debris that was sucked up in the strong, devastating swirl of wind. Destroying people's things that were exposed above land.]]> 2016-12-19 19:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373410 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373424 My closet is a jungle. One step inside and all your questions are rhetorical. Rainbow birds fly above looking below. Explorers spend all day taking gazing at the area around them. ]]> 2016-12-19 19:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373424 edornberger https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373551 My hair is a rat's nest. There are twigs, and dirt in every square centimeter. The leaves pile up, and the grass sticks out of the nest that the birds created. On the top, bugs come crawling out of the tangled diaster.]]> 2016-12-19 19:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373551 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373563 My life is a closet because I don't the know what I will find in it. Every morning I find something weird or new inside my closet. Things pop out, things crawl out. You just don't know what to expect.]]> 2016-12-19 19:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373563 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373569 My Mind is a museum filled with art and facts and books, but always begging for more. Once someone enters they can never find their way out through the chaotic mess of unorganized organization, even I'm still looking at the 100th exhibit. ]]> 2016-12-19 19:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373569 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373671   My life is a movie because I never know what is going to happen. In movies things happen that you don't expect. Horror movies things jump out at you when not expected.  Action movies people do what you don't want them to do. Things always are unexpected in both my life and in movies]]> 2016-12-19 19:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373671 awilson110 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373699 My puppy is a natural disaster. When it swipes through, it leaves a trace of harassment. As soon as it hits an area, items come out broken and ruined. ]]> 2016-12-19 19:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373699 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373756 My mind is a small closet, it's only so big. The clothes and shoes seem to stack up to the ceiling. Hats are the final piece, laying on the top, sweatshirts roll down the pyramid coming out of the closet. Somewhere in the closet are books and old toys lost in the pile.]]> 2016-12-19 19:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373756 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373762 My room is an obstacle course. There are things you need to get over to get to the other side. It is also never easy to get across everything.]]> 2016-12-19 19:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373762 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373810 My cats are a group of vicious tigers! They jump and bite like how tigers would pounce for an animal in the jungle. Long claws and scary sharp teeth that look as if they are long sharp needles. ]]> 2016-12-19 19:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373810 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373841 My imagination is a library. A whole area of thousands of books. And as I use ideas it is as someone is  taking a book off a shelf to read it.

]]> 2016-12-19 19:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144373841 https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144376189 My life is a riddle obvious after it is solved but impossible to solve before. After it is solved the answer can be sad and unpleasant, yet no matter what it always has no effect.]]> 2016-12-19 19:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mrepsch/ijdjw9ac39qu/wish/144376189