Elements of poetry Mackenzie Burt Mrs.willis-5 th

A BEST FRIEND A best friend is always there, whether you need advice, or a pep talk, or even a shoulder to cry on. A best friend listens with her heart- and is always honest with you, even though the truth may not be what you want to hear. A best friend knows all your secrets, understands your fears shares your dreams. A best friend never stops believing in you even if you give up on yourself. you are that kind of friend to me. And no matter what happens, you always will be. You are my best friend.... my forever friend. - Renee Duvall Metaphor: Says the friend “listens” with her heart. Repetition: Repeat “a best friend”

SWIMMERS’ STROKES silently slipstreaming, Simon’s swim huffing heavily Harry hurries him Pete plods, pants, pushes, paddles past Luke languidly lashes, lumbering last spluttering Stevie sideways strokes Barry backstrokes, beating blokes sniggering Stevie swishes, splash Davey darts, dodges during dash wallowing waves wash white water anaphylactic, aching arteries and aorta swirling subterranean swimmer surfs stonkered Stevie sinks, Simon swerves- By: Lee Emmett Alliteration: Poems is full of Same sounding words

Don't you think the sun is bright? I wonder where it goes at night? Does it sleep or does it hide?-- Or is the moon its other side? Does it hide behind the hills? Late at night as outside chills? Do you think it needs to rest? From all that warming it does best? Could it even have a home? Maybe in London or even in Rome? Or does it just float around? Moving slowly from town to town? Yes, I think it must do that! After all the earth's not flat. So the sun goes round and round Spreading sunshine on the ground! ©2002 Gareth Lancaster Personification: Saying the sun sleeps And hides

A pug is a dog A pug is a dog with a curlicue tail. He eats like a hog and- he snores like a - whale. He's flat in the snout and his belly is big. The pug came about just by misspelling pig. --Kenn Nesbitt Simile: Compares a dog with a hog Hyperbole: Says a dog snores Loud as a whale

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