PoetryFigurative Language

1. Rhyme2. Stanza3. Simile4. Metaphor5. Alliteration6. Personification7. Onomatopoeia

RHYME: when words end with the same sound

Little miss MuffettSat on a tuffetEating her curds and wheyWhen down came a spider And sat down beside her And frightened miss Muffett away

STANZA : a group of lines with a common theme

Jack Spratt could eat no fatHis wife could eat no lean

And so, between them both you seeThey licked the platter clean

SIMILE : when something is being described as being LIKE or AS something else

O My Luve's like a red, red rose,That's newly sprung in June;O My Luve's like the melodieThat's sweetly played in tune.

Flint

An emerald is as green as grass,A ruby red as blood;

A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;

A flint lies in the mud.

METAPHOR: when something is described as something else (like a simile without like or as)Example to show the difference:The man is like a lion – SIMILEThe man is a lion - METAPHOR

A Book Is adapted from a poem by Kathy Leeuwenburg

A book isan open flowerscented pages, fragrant hoursa lock and keythat opens doors and sets minds freean ancient clockthat speaks the times but never talksan open letterwhen read again the friendship's betteran apple corewith seeds inside for growing morea trusted friendthat keeps its secret to the end

GalaxyBy Elaine Magliaro

Spun in space

A web of stars…

Fireflies caught

On the black silk

Of a summer night

ALLITERATION: when 2 or more words that are close together, begin with the same word or sound

Caring cats cascade offLaughing lamas Lounging.Underneath yelling yaks,Yelling at roamingRats.

Wind whistles through the air,while talking turtles shiverlike sea horseswhile everyone is asleep.

PERSONIFICATION: when you give human characteristics to an

animal or thing

The TrainI like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up,And stop to feed itself at tanks;And then, prodigious, step

The Cat & The Fiddle

Hey diddle, Diddle,The cat and the fiddle,The cow jumped over the moon;The little dog laughed To see such sport,And the dish ran away with the spoon

ONOMATOPOEIA: when words sound like the sound they are describing

water plops into a pondsplish-splash downhillwarbling magpies in treetrilling, melodic thrill

whoosh, passing breezeflags flutter and flapfrog croaks, bird whistlesbabbling bubbles from tap

THE EAGLEby Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. 4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;5 He watches from his mountain walls,

6 And like a thunderbolt he falls

How many stanzas are there is this poem?A sixB.oneC.twoD.five

THE EAGLEby Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. 4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;5 He watches from his mountain walls,

6 And like a thunderbolt he falls

Which words rhyme with each other? There are two groups of examples

Identify the figurative language:THE EAGLEby Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. 4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;5 He watches from his mountain walls,

6 And like a thunderbolt he falls

In line 1A onomatopoeiaB.MetaphorC.SimileD.PersonificationE.alliteration

Identify the figurative language:THE EAGLEby Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. 4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;5 He watches from his mountain walls,

6 And like a thunderbolt he falls

In line 1A onomatopoeiaB.MetaphorC.SimileD.PersonificationE.alliteration

Identify the figurative language:THE EAGLEby Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. 4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;5 He watches from his mountain walls,

6 And like a thunderbolt he falls

In line 2 (there are two answers)A onomatopoeiaB.MetaphorC.SimileD.PersonificationE.alliteration

Identify the figurative language:THE EAGLEby Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. 4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;5 He watches from his mountain walls,

6 And like a thunderbolt he falls

In line 4A onomatopoeiaB.MetaphorC.SimileD.PersonificationE.alliteration

Identify the figurative language:THE EAGLEby Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. 4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;5 He watches from his mountain walls,

6 And like a thunderbolt he falls

In line 5A onomatopoeiaB.MetaphorC.SimileD.PersonificationE.alliteration

Identify the figurative language:THE EAGLEby Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands. 4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;5 He watches from his mountain walls,

6 And like a thunderbolt he falls

In line 6A onomatopoeiaB.MetaphorC.SimileD.PersonificationE.alliteration