VIGNETTE #3

Think about a cliché or idiom you have heard often. Write about a time or event in which that phrase applied to your own life. This must be in narrative form. Please include sensory details, figurative language, dialogue, and long and short sentences (think of the sentence combining worksheet).

(250-500 words)

You may click here for a list of multiple idioms.

OR

Some example idioms:

A blessing in disguise

A chip on your shoulder

A fool and his money are soon parted

A picture paints a thousand words

A penny saved is an penny earned

A piece of cake

A rolling stone gathers no moss

All bark and no bite

Apple of my eye

At the drop of a hat

Flesh and blood

Free for all

Good Samaritan

Go out on a limb