1. POETRY EL8

2. SIMILE  Comparison of two things using like or as. He is as stubborn as a mule. A= His stubbornness, B= Mule’s stubbornness A  B

3. AS STUBBORN AS ...a mule

4. AS LIGHT AS ...a feather

5. AS QUIET AS ...a mouse

6. AS WISE AS ...an owl

7. AS BUSY AS ...a bee

8. EAT LIKE  …a pig

9. DRINK LIKE  …a fish

10. SLITHER LIKE  …a snake

11. PURR LIKE  …a kitten

12. ROAR LIKE  …a lion

13. METAPHOR  A direct comparison He is a mule A= He, B = Mule A=B

14. LIFE IS  …a dream  …a journey  …a brief candle

15. LOVE IS  …a game  …a battlefield  …a fire

16. DEATH IS  …the big sleep  …giving up the ghost  …taking a dirt nap  …pushing up the daisies.

17. IT'S DOG EAT DOG

18. IT'S NOT MY CUP OF TEA

19. TO BE ON TOP OF THE WORLD

20. TO BITE THE DUST

21. TO CRY WOLF

22. TO SELL WOLF TICKETS

23. TO FACE THE MUSIC

24. TO SMELL A RAT

25. PERSONIFICATION  A metaphor, giving qualities of people to things that aren’t. The computer hates me. The sad night. The happy sun.

26. ONOMATOPOEIA  A word that sound like the sound it describes. Plop, splash, sploosh, splat, bang, boom, pop, purr, bark, tweet, meow, quack, squeak, gong crackle, twitter oink, meow, bow wow, quack, and hiss.

27. ALLITERATION  Repetition of consonants or vowels Great green globs of greasy grimy gopher guts… Pretty princesses parade proudly passing people. Huge horses have heavy hoofs. Merry Mary misses many Monday movies. Fast fat frogs franticly find flies.

28. HYPERBOLE  Obvious and extravagant or overstated exaggeration often not meant to be taken literally. I had to wait an eternity for the file to download. "Ladies and gentlemen, I've been to Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and I can say without hyperbole that this is a million times worse than all of them put together.“ I think this is the most extraordinary collection of human talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House--with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. (President John F. Kennedy at a White House dinner honoring 49 Nobel Prize winners, April 29, 1962) Your momma jokes… Your mama's so skinny, she looks like a mic stand.

29. UNDERSTATEMENT  Presenting something as less significant or important than it really is, when it is important. (Man bleeding to death.) “It just stings a little bit.” "The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace.“ "I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain." "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our best to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.“

30. THE RAVEN dreary Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary quaint and curious Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore -- nodded, nearly napping While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, rapping, rapping As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “‘T is some visitor, " I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-- Only this and nothing more."

31. "FIREWORK" Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind wanting to start again? Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin like a house of cards, one blow from caving in? Do you ever feel already buried deep? 6 feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing Do you know that there's still a chance for you 'Cause there's a spark in you You just gotta ignite, the light, and let it shine Just own the night like the 4th of July 'Cause baby you're a firework Come on, show 'em what you're worth Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh" As you shoot across the sky-y-y

32. - - - LED ZEPPELIN, "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN" And as we wind on down the road our shadows taller than our soul there walks a lady we all know who shines white light and wants to show how everything still turns to gold and if you listen very hard the tune will come to you at last when all are one and one is all to be a rock and not to roll.

33. We Real Cool THE POOL PLAYERS. SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL. We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.

34. The bag waited patiently by the door.

35. Six scary substitute teachers sing spooky songs.

36. Don't think you can come waltzing in here.

37. The sun smiled that day.

38. The bell rang maliciously to signal the start of school.

39. Round the ragged rock the rugged rascal ran.

40. The cat meowed and the rat squeaked.

41. Her eyes looked like black coals.

42. The coals winked in the fire.

43. He was a wizard with figures.

44. A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch.

45. The end of the day beckoned to us.

46. The drum went boom!

47. The policeman slumped down like a sack of potatoes.

48. Wipe that smile off your face right now.

49. He opened the door and it creaked.

50. The angry guns rattled off a reply.

51. Faith's father found five feathers.

52. The road was a ribbon of moonlight.

53. The bug went splat against the windshield.

54. Black bug blood.

55. His tie shouted across the room at us.

56. You are my sunshine.

57. Toby tossed Tyler a tiny tadpole.

58. Sam grinned like a Cheshire cat.

59. This poem is dangerous: it should not be left Within the reach of children, or even of adults Who might swallow it whole, with possibly Undesirable side-effects. If you come across An unattended, unidentified poem In a public place, do not attempt to tackle it Yourself. Send it (preferably, in a sealed container) To the nearest centre of learning, where it will be rendered Harmless, by experts. Even the simplest poem May destroy your immunity to human emotions. All poems must carry a Government warning. Words Can seriously affect your heart.

60. IRONY  A situation that is the opposite of what is expected. A twist ending. "Today was a very cold and bitter day, as cold and bitter as a cup of hot chocolate, if the cup of hot chocolate had vinegar added to it and were placed in a refrigerator for several hours." "The day was as normal as a group of seals with wings riding around on unicycles, assuming that you lived someplace where that was very normal."

61. 3 TYPES OF IRONY  Situational: when the result of an action is contrary to the desired or expected effect. Being "shot with one's own gun",  Dramatic: when the audience know more about what is happening and anticipates the action going one way. a character says to another "I'll see you tomorrow!" when the audience (but not the character) knows that the character will die before morning.  Verbal: when the opposite of what is said is meant "Oh, that's beautiful", when what they mean (probably conveyed by their tone) is they find "that" quite ugly.

62. FORESHADOWING  A pattern of things that are suggested that actually occur.  A gun shown on the wall will be the same one used at the end of the story during the final battle.

63. FLASHBACK FLASHFORWARD  in literature and dramatic media, an interjected scene that takes the narrative back or forward in time from the current point.