Poetry Notes Figurative Language Imagery/ Sensory Language – Writing that appeals to the five senses, used to create a picture in the reader’s mind Simile – Comparison between two unlike objects using the terms like or as Ex – His hands were rough as sandpaper. Metaphor – Comparison between two unlike objects that DOES NOT use the terms like or as . One thing IS something else. Ex – His hands were sandpaper. Extended Metaphor – A metaphor that is continued over multiple lines in a poem (or sentences in prose)

Poetry Notes Figurative Language Onomatopoeia – Words that sound like what they represent Ex-chirp, meow, quack, gurgle Alliteration- Repetition of the initial consonant SOUND Ex- She sells sea shells by the sea shore Hyperbole- An extreme exaggeration written for dramatic effect Ex- I’ve told you a thousand times to stop talking. Personification- Giving human traits to non-human objects Ex- The wind whispered through the trees. Symbol – Something that represents more than itself

Poetry Notes Figurative Language I SING the song of the great clean guns that belch forth death at will. "Ah, but the wailing mothers, the lifeless forms and still!"   I sing the song of the billowing flags, the bugles that cry before. "Ah, but the skeletons flapping rags, the lips that speak no more!" I sing the clash of bayonets, of sabres that flash and cleave. "And wilt thou sing the maimed ones, too, that go with pinnedup sleeve?" I sing acclaimed generals that bring the victory home. "Ah, but the broken bodies that drip like honey-comb!" I sing of hosts triumphant, long ranks of marching men. "And wilt thou sing the shadowy hosts that never march again?"