1. Figurative Language Parts of Speech Metaphor
Compares two objects with is or are
Simile
Compares two objects with like or as
Alliteration
Repeats the same beginning sound
Personification
Gives an inanimate object the qualities of a person
Noun
Person, place, thing or idea
Verb
Action
Adjective
Describes a noun
Adverb
Describes a verb

2. alliteration or personification
Cinquain
Topic: “Winter”
Must use one example of
alliteration or personification
Frosty
White, cold
Sitting, smiling, shivering
On the snowy hillside
Snowman

3. Cinquain Format Line 1: one word (subject or noun)
Line 2: two words (adjectives that describe line 1)
Line 3: three words (action verbs that relate to line 1)
Line 4: four words (feelings or a complete sentence that
relates to line 1)
Line 5: one word (synonym of line 1 or a word that
sums it up)

4. Couplet What’s Left of Fall Topic: Winter
by Jane Yolen
Crisp leaf litter
Under snowy glitter;
Crumpled and brown
Letters thrown down;
The last bit of shade
From autumn’s parade.
And that is all
That’s left of fall.
Topic: Winter
Must include four couplets (eight lines) AND one simile or one metaphor

5. Tanka The Moon The moon shines brightly,
Topic: Winter Nature
Must include one example each of alliteration and personification
The Moon
The moon shines brightly,
Lighting the dark, dreary night
With a pale, white light
Touching forests, mountains, seas,
Giving brightness to the earth.

6. Tanka Line one- 5 syllables Beautiful mountains Line two - 7 syllables
Rivers with cold, cold water.
Line three - 5 syllables
White cold snow on rocks
Line four - 7 syllables
Trees shiver in frosty air
Line five - 7 syllables
White sparkly snow everywhere.

9. Free Verse Now it's your turn!
Free Verse poems have no rhyme schemes or necessary patterns or syllables. They are an original form of your own design. They can be about any topic. You just say what you think. Lines can be long or short, written with complete sentences, or just in phrases.
Now it's your turn!

10. Free Verse
Topic: What do you see or feel when you look at this picture?
Free Verse
Must include ANY 2 figures of speech:
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
Personification

11. Free Verse Topic: What do you see or feel when you look at this picture?
Must include ANY 2 figures of speech:
metaphor, simile, alliteration, personification

12. Must include two examples of any of the following:
simile
metaphor
personification
alliteration