FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN POETRY QUICK REVIEW

METAPHOR A figure of speech in which a word or phrase

literally denoting one object or idea is applied to another- suggesting a likeness or analogy between them.

Example: This homework was a breeze.

Cooler than a polar bears toenails.

Personification:The attribution of human qualities to non

human objects or ideas.

Example: “And like the flowers beside them chill and

shiver, will like the flowers beside them soon be gone” ~ Robert Frost

ALLITERATION Repetition of consonant sounds.

Example: Crazy Car Crash

SIMILE A figure of speech in which a comparison

between two unlike things. Usually using the words “like” or “as a”

Example: As big as a bus As busy as a beeThe snow is like a blanket

IN YOUR JOURNAL COPY THE FOLLOWING AND IDENTIFY THE POETIC DEVICE USED IN EACH. YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM THE

FOLLOWING: METAPHOR, SIMILE, PERSONIFICATION, AND ALLITERATION.

HINT: ONLY THE TWO TYPES WE ARE FOCUSING ON TODAY ARE USED BELOW

Sally Sells Sea Shells By The Sea Shore.In that very moment time stood still. Peter Piper Picked Pickles.Fear knocked on the door. Miss Mary Mack Oreo- Milk’s Favorite Cookie

Creating Figurative LanguageGraphic Organizer

Personification

Directions: Write a sentence personifying the nonhuman nouns. Then explain why you gave the noun that specific human characteristic.

FutureExplanation:

Time Explanation:

WindExplanation:

MoonExplanation:

  

Alliteration Directions: Using the word bank insert the word that bests exemplifies alliteration in each example.small bill birchesMilk madness WeeBoys were short    Much _____ is divinest sense. ~ Emily DickinsonWhen I see ______ bend left and rightAcross the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some _____ been swinging them. ~ Robert Frost One ____ sleepe past, ____ wake eternally ~ John DonneCreate three sentences using personification on your own. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Create three sentences using personification. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

Create three sentences using alliteration. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________