Eyes and Nose 

His eyes were bright blue like

the sky’s nearly night,

His nose was a bulb

with a red shaded light.

 

by Denise Rodgers

simile

metaphortwo unlike things are being compared using a form of the verb “be”

two unlike things are

being compared

using “like” or

“as”

Funny Simile Poems. (2008-2010). Retrieved May 20, 2010, from Funny Poems for Free: http://www.funny-poems-for-free.com/funny-simile-poems.html

It’s Spring!

Scintillating spring scents saturate senses Blooming buds burst beautifully bountiful

Fine feathered friends flying freelyWe welcome wonderful warmer weather

By Nancy Ellen Crossland

alliterationthe repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words

It's Spring!, a poem by Nancy Ellen Crossland, USA. (2002-2010). Retrieved May 20, 2010, from VoicesNet.org - The Voices Network: http://www.voicesnet.org/displayonepoem.aspx?poemid=150193

The Railway Train

I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up,

And stop to feed itself at tanks;And then, prodigious, step

Around a pile of mountains,And, supercilious, peer

In shanties by the sides of roads;And then a quarry pare

To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the whileIn horrid, hooting stanza;

Then chase itself down hill

And neigh like Boanerges;Then, punctual as a start its own,

Stop-docile and omnipotent-A stable door.

By Emily Dickinson

personificationinanimate objects or animals are given human qualities

Hayden, K. (2008, Apr 16). Personification Lesson. Retrieved May 20, 2010, from suite101: http://middle-school-lesson-plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/personification_lesson

Figurative Language Definition

Simile two unlike things are being compared using a form of the verb “be”

Metaphor inanimate objects or animals are given human qualities

Alliteration two unlike things are being compared using “like” or “as”

Personification

the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words

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Types of Figurative Language

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