CREATE YOUR OWN TALL TALE Giant with little peopleRemember, the key to a tall tale is exaggeration. Make the characters & setting more extreme than they are. Stretch the limits of what is there and what you think can happen. Your first step is to choose a tall tale hero. Remember, the key is to exaggerate your hero's characteristics. Make him or her bigger or stronger or faster or smarter than anyone else you know! Let him or her step right out of your imagination.

You will need an adventure for your tall tale hero. Once again, the key is to exaggerate. The main event of a tall tale is not something that can happen in real life.

Highlight the story pattern below, copy and paste into your word processor. Use the story pattern to help in writing your own Tall Tale.

the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.

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explanation:

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