1. Figurative Language Symbol, Metaphor, Simile, & imagery

2. Simile Fill in the blanks to create metaphors: Fill in the blanks to create metaphors: –Pale as ________, pale as __________. –The backyard trees breathed like_______. –I was born mute as____________. –A glass of water lives in your grasp like______.

3. Simile Pale as August sky, Pale as flour Pale as August sky, Pale as flour The backyard trees breathed like a man running from himself The backyard trees breathed like a man running from himself I was born mute as a white Dixie cup I was born mute as a white Dixie cup A glass of water lives in your grasp like a stream A glass of water lives in your grasp like a stream

4. Metaphor The metaphor is first cousin to the simile. Like the simile, it compares two objects but does not use like or as or than. The metaphor is first cousin to the simile. Like the simile, it compares two objects but does not use like or as or than. Simile: Her face was white as snow. Simile: Her face was white as snow. Metaphor: Her face is fresh snow. Metaphor: Her face is fresh snow. → Write a metaphor for each member of your family or a few of your friends! → Write a metaphor for each member of your family or a few of your friends!

5. Metaphor: Write a metaphor for each image The book was an explosion of fantastic adventure The book was an explosion of fantastic adventure OR OR The story was a ticking time bomb The story was a ticking time bomb

6. Metaphor

9. Imagery Their skin looked Their skin looked like skittles smashed against the sky and their faces oozed with the joy of sugary sweets. sweets.

10. People smear colored powder on each other during Holi celebrations in the northern Indian city of Amritsar March 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Munish Sharma)

11. A boy with a painted face looks into the camera during Holi celebrations in Kolkata March 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw)

12. Students holding paint powder of various colors pose as they celebrate Holi, the Indian festival of colors, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 10, 2009. (REUTERS/Amit Dave)

13. Symbolism This image symbolizes the nature of violence and how it should be replaced with love. This image symbolizes the nature of violence and how it should be replaced with love.

14. Symbolism

15. “Son of man” René Magritte said about this: "Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see." René Magritte said about this: "Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see."

16. ACTIVITY Now that you understand symbolism, imagery, metaphor, and simile, pick one of the images shown to you and write a poem trying to incorporate all four poetic devices. Now that you understand symbolism, imagery, metaphor, and simile, pick one of the images shown to you and write a poem trying to incorporate all four poetic devices. This poem may go towards you final graded three so be creative and put something of yourself into it! This poem may go towards you final graded three so be creative and put something of yourself into it!

17. Works cited Boisseau, Michelle, Randall Mann, and Robert Wallace. Writing Poems (7th Edition). New York: Longman, 2007. Boisseau, Michelle, Randall Mann, and Robert Wallace. Writing Poems (7th Edition). New York: Longman, 2007. Imagery photos from March 13,2009 :http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/holi_the_festival_of_colors.ht ml. Imagery photos from March 13,2009 :http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/holi_the_festival_of_colors.ht ml. Metaphor photos taken from Creative ads Issue number 9, January 18, 2008: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/01/creative-ads-issue-9.html Metaphor photos taken from Creative ads Issue number 9, January 18, 2008: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/01/creative-ads-issue-9.htmlhttp://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/01/creative-ads-issue-9.html Magritte, Rene. The Son of Man, 1964. Magritte, Rene. The Son of Man, 1964.