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Writing a Tall Tale

Create a Hero 🟪 You can start with someone from history, but then you exaggerate the person’s qualities. Your hero might be . . .

• taller than a skyscraper.
• hotter than a furnace.

Find a Problem 🟪 Your hero should face someone or something that is really powerful. This problem may be . . .

• a wolverine that is bigger than a mountain
• a wildfire that is burning a whole continent.
• a lie that hypnotizes anyone who hears it.

Have Your Hero Take Action 🟪 Exaggerate the person’s abilities. Perhaps the hero will . . .

• blow out the wildfire as if it were a birthday cake
• end world hunger by painting a giant fish that can feed everybody!