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Read the following two stories and think about what makes them different. S tory 1: Toby was lost. He must have wandered off from his family during their morning hike because around noon he realized that he was all alone in the middle of the woods. He wasn’t frightened exactly, but he was definitely anxious to find his family before evening. The thought of spending a night in the woods alone was a scary one. Heaving a sigh, Toby walked on. S tory 2: Toby was totally lost. He must have wandered off from his family during their morning hike because around noon he realized that he was alone in the middle of the wide whispering woods. Thonk! Thunk! went his feet on the soft pine needles that covered the ground like a soft brown blanket. Birds twittered and tweeted from the sky-scraping branches of trees, but there was no sound of his family. He wasn’t frightened exactly, but he was as anxious as a fish out of water to find his family before evening. The thought of spending a night in the woods alone was one that made his heart dance a fearful frenzied jig in his chest. Heaving a sigh, Toby tiredly trudged on. The two stories above include the same events and character, but are told in different ways. Story 1 tells about Toby’s experience in plain language that does not give many details, nor does it explain what Toby must have been feeling. Story 2, on the other hand, helps the reader understand Toby’s experience by using figurative language. Figurative language forms images in readers’ minds, showing them what something is like, instead of just telling them.