1. 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)

2. 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

3. 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?"