KidLit Craft Podcast

Buffalo Flats, Ep. 12: Language and Metaphor

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Throughout Buffalo Flats, Martine Leavitt uses rich language and evocative metaphors. We break down how and why she uses specific language and metaphors, and to what effect. We also talk about how to decide what language and metaphors to use in your own work.

 

Links:

  • KidLit Craft website
  • Martine Leavitt’s Buffalo Flats
  • Lolo’s Light by Liz Garton Scanlon
  • KidLit Craft post on language and metaphor in Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
  • KidLit Craft post on metaphors in Partly Cloudy by Tanita S. Davis

    • The KidLit Craft Podcast is hosted by Anne-Marie Strohman and Erin Nuttall.


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