Figurative language My Poetry Booklet Figurative language  Figurative language is used to help give a better, more clear, description of something. Such as: Simile Alliteration Metaphor Personification Rhyme Symbolism Stanza Imagery Tone Free verse Idiom Onomatopoeia Name:……………………………….. Grade 9 ( ) Figurative language My Poetry Booklet  Figurative language is used to help give a better, more clear, description of something. Such as: Simile Alliteration Metaphor Personification Rhyme Symbolism Stanza Imagery Tone Free verse Idiom Onomatopoeia Name:……………………………….. Grade 9 ( )

Simile Metaphor Simile Metaphor It is a comparison of two unlike things using: like or as It a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as; an implied comparison Examples: Examples: 1. She was as fast as a cheetah. 2. When she woke up her hair looked like a lion’s mane. 1. You are the wind beneath my wings. 2. The elephant was a bulldozer because he ran over the tree and knocked it down. Exercise: Exercise: Write two sentences describing yourself using simile: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Write two sentences describing the ocean using Metaphor: _______________________________________________ Simile Metaphor It is a comparison of two unlike things using: like or as It a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as; an implied comparison Examples: Examples: 1. She was as fast as a cheetah. 2. When she woke up her hair looked like a lion’s mane. 1. You are the wind beneath my wings. 2. The elephant was a bulldozer because he ran over the tree and knocked it down. Exercise: Exercise: Write two sentences describing yourself using simile: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Write two sentences describing the ocean using Metaphor: _______________________________________________

Rhyme Alliteration Rhyme Alliteration The words (typically at the end of the line) that sound the same It is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables Examples: Examples: I went for a walk yesterday And saw a purple butterfly, on my way. 1. Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary 2. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Exercise: Write two lines that rhyme about: the flower/ ship/ school/home/mother. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise: Write a sentence using alliteration: _______________________________________________ Rhyme Alliteration The words (typically at the end of the line) that sound the same It is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables Examples: Examples: I went for a walk yesterday And saw a purple butterfly, on my way. 1. Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary 2. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Exercise: Write two lines that rhyme about: the flower/ ship/ school/home/mother. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise: Write a sentence using alliteration: _______________________________________________

Personification Symbolism Personification Symbolism It is the practice of representing things by symbols. It is giving human characteristics to non-living things or ideas. Examples: Examples: 1. The thunder clapped angrily in the distance. 2. She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door. 1. © : Means Copyright . 2. € : represent the currency Euro. Exercise: Exercise: Write two sentences describing the rain and the flag using personification: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Draw the Symbol of : No smoking Coffee break Personification Symbolism It is the practice of representing things by symbols. It is giving human characteristics to non-living things or ideas. Examples: Examples: 1. The thunder clapped angrily in the distance. 2. She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door. 1. © : Means Copyright . 2. € : represent the currency Euro. Exercise: Exercise: Write two sentences describing the rain and the flag using personification: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Draw the Symbol of : No smoking Coffee break

Stanza Imagery Stanza Imagery Examples: Examples: Examples: Examples: the use of vivid language to describe people, places, things, and ideas so that it creates a picture in your mind; appeals to the senses Stanza is a group of lines that are part of a poem. Examples: I Love To Write Poems (First Stanza) I love to write Day and night What would my heart do But cry, sigh and be blue If I could not write (Second Stanza) Writing feels good And I know it should Who could have knew That what I do Is write, write, write -    Unknown Author Examples: The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney-pots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps. Stanza Imagery the use of vivid language to describe people, places, things, and ideas so that it creates a picture in your mind; appeals to the senses Stanza is a group of lines that are part of a poem. Examples: I Love To Write Poems (First Stanza) I love to write Day and night What would my heart do But cry, sigh and be blue If I could not write (Second Stanza) Writing feels good And I know it should Who could have knew That what I do Is write, write, write -    Unknown Author Examples: The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney-pots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps.

Tone Free verse Tone Free verse the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers) verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern. Examples: Examples: The fog comes on little cat feet.  It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. From one thousand mountains the birds' flights are gone; From ten thousand byways the human track has vanished. In a single boat, an aged man, straw cloak and hat, Fishes alone; snow falls, cold in the river. Tone Free verse the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a story, toward a character, or toward the audience (the readers) verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern. Examples: Examples: The fog comes on little cat feet.  It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. From one thousand mountains the birds' flights are gone; From ten thousand byways the human track has vanished. In a single boat, an aged man, straw cloak and hat, Fishes alone; snow falls, cold in the river.

Onomatopoeia Idiom Onomatopoeia Idiom Examples: Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it. A set expression of two or more words that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. Examples: Examples: –Kill two birds with one stone. –Once and for all finally (usually putting an end to something) I'm going to stop his behaviour once and for all! Let's get this over once and for all. Pull out all the stops make every possible effort to do something He pulled out all the stops on the exam. We're going to pull out all the stops on our presentation. Hush Buzz roar hiss woof Exercise: Write some words that give the sound of an action: __________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Exercise: Write 2 idioms you usually use. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Onomatopoeia Idiom Naming a thing or an action by imitating the sound associated with it. A set expression of two or more words that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. Examples: Examples: –Kill two birds with one stone. –Once and for all finally (usually putting an end to something) I'm going to stop his behaviour once and for all! Let's get this over once and for all. Pull out all the stops make every possible effort to do something He pulled out all the stops on the exam. We're going to pull out all the stops on our presentation. Hush Buzz roar hiss woof Exercise: Write some words that give the sound of an action: __________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Exercise: Write 2 idioms you usually use. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________