Splash Biography
SOPHIA SU, ESP Teacher
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Major: Arts and Sciences College/Employer: Cornell Year of Graduation: 2022 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Not Available. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)H728: Resisting Cliché: How to Craft a Great Metaphor in Splash Spring 2022 (Apr. 16, 2022)
This was a real analogy written by a high school student: “He was as tall as a 6’3” tree.”
Why was this analogy bad? What makes a metaphor “great”? In this workshop-style class, students will be exposed to a variety of “good” versus “bad” examples of figurative language in creative writing. We’ll then work together in groups to come up with our own unique similes and metaphors in response to various writing exercises.
H697: Resisting Cliché: How to Craft a Great Metaphor in Splash Fall 2021 (Nov. 13, 2021)
This was a real analogy written by a high school student: “He was as tall as a 6’3” tree.”
Why was this analogy bad? What makes a metaphor “great”? In this workshop-style class, students will be exposed to a variety of “good” versus “bad” examples of figurative language in creative writing. We’ll then work together in groups to come up with our own unique similes and metaphors in response to various writing exercises.
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