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Eyes and Nose His eyes were bright blue like the skys nearly night, His nose was a bulb with a red shaded light. by Denise Rodgers simile metaphor two.

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2 Eyes and Nose His eyes were bright blue like the skys nearly night, His nose was a bulb with a red shaded light. by Denise Rodgers simile metaphor two unlike things are being compared using a form of the verb be two unlike things are being compared using like or as Funny Simile Poems. (2008-2010). Retrieved May 20, 2010, from Funny Poems for Free: http://www.funny- poems-for-free.com/funny-simile-poems.html

3 Its Spring! Scintillating spring scents saturate senses Blooming buds burst beautifully bountiful Fine feathered friends flying freely We welcome wonderful warmer weather By Nancy Ellen Crossland alliteration the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words It's Spring!, a poem by Nancy Ellen Crossland, USA. (2002-2010). Retrieved May 20, 2010, from VoicesNet.org - The Voices Network: http://www.voicesnet.org/displayonepoem.aspx?poemid=150193

4 The Railway Train I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains, And, supercilious, peer In shanties by the sides of roads; And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while In horrid, hooting stanza; Then chase itself down hill And neigh like Boanerges; Then, punctual as a start its own, Stop-docile and omnipotent- A stable door. By Emily Dickinson personification inanimate objects or animals are given human qualities Hayden, K. (2008, Apr 16). Personification Lesson. Retrieved May 20, 2010, from suite101: http://middle-school- lesson-plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/personification_lesson

5 Figurative LanguageDefinition Simile two unlike things are being compared using a form of the verb be Metaphor inanimate objects or animals are given human qualities Alliteration two unlike things are being compared using like or as Personification the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words Match word with definition.

6 Types of Figurative Language ***Play SWAT with this slide. Directions on next slide.***

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