advice to a young sylv-i-an dragon on going to school by Rg Gregory

when you step out of the wood and go first time to school
you have to be so specially careful if you're really a dragon
to put the most innocent expression on your face you can find
and not flip your flappers (unless the others don't mind)
you must be very strict with yourself - be sure not to act the fool
you'd be far happier i think to get your mother to tie a tag on

saying - this dragon is sweet no matter how fierce she seems
and letting everyone know you were born in a wood (well at least
a sylv-i-an creature) and not used to clatterings and bangings
that can set a dragon's scales on edge with their thwangings
schools never are you know the paradise of your dreams
they have a tendency in everyone to bring out the beast

or maybe when you get there you should do a dragon-dance
and get everyone hopping around the place breathing fire
or burn up a prince or two - to show how that game is played
taking their minds off the fact you have a back like a saw-blade
and a tail so fierce it would keep the bravest child at a distance
but whatever else you do dear dragon definitely do not perspire

a perspiring dragon will have the whole school holding its noses
dainty dragons do not sweat - the first lesson to be deeply learned
in any dragon's book of school-etiquette - a proper dragon-daughter
must always carry with her a large supply of odour-cologne-water
(for use ten times a day) to keep her sweeter than a bunch of roses -
so advised (o young sylv-i-an dragon) you will never be spurned

hyperbole
-when you step out of the wood and go first time to school
you have to be so specially careful if you're really a dragon; the author wants the reader to think that we are a high and grand dragon so that we will not make a fool out of ourselves

personification
-dragon-dance
and get everyone hopping around the place breathing fire

or burn up a prince or two ;the author wants the reader to take the first how things are done.

metaphor
- taking their minds off the fact you have a back like a saw-blade; the author wants the reader to think that if they feel different or feel out of place in school, they should get everyone to do an activity that will keep everyone preoccupied so that people will not feel the difference.

simile
-like a saw-blade; the author wants the reader to think that the tail is like a saw blade which means a defect that is very obvious.

symbolism
-large supply of odour-cologne-water
(for use ten times a day) to keep her sweeter than a bunch of roses - the author wants the reader to think that if they sweat they will need alot of deodorant to get the smell off

i like this author as he has used a creaure to help us understand how a student might feel on the first day of school.