1. Hyperbole Definition: A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect Definition: A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect Examples: I could eat a horse. There are millions of other things to do. Examples: I could eat a horse. There are millions of other things to do. Poem: Robin Red breast in a Cage, Puts all Heaven in a Rage. A dove house fill's with doves & Pigeons shudders Hell thro' all its regions. A dog starv'd at his Master's Gate, Predicts the ruin of the State. A Horse misus'd upon the Road, Calls to Heaven for human Blood. Each outcry of the hunted Hare, A fibre from the Brain does tear. A Skylark wounded in the wing, A Cherubim does cease to sing. Poem: Robin Red breast in a Cage, Puts all Heaven in a Rage. A dove house fill's with doves & Pigeons shudders Hell thro' all its regions. A dog starv'd at his Master's Gate, Predicts the ruin of the State. A Horse misus'd upon the Road, Calls to Heaven for human Blood. Each outcry of the hunted Hare, A fibre from the Brain does tear. A Skylark wounded in the wing, A Cherubim does cease to sing.

2. Imagery  Definition: A set of mental pictures or images.  Examples: the rose is bright red, the air smells like going to the countryside  Poem: Soft upon my eyelashes Turning my cheeks to pink Softly falling, falling Not a sound in the air Delicately designed in snow Fading away at my touch Leaving only a glistening drop And its memory

3. Simile Definition: A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as Examples: The water is like the sun, The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains Poem: Playing the piano is like A bird soaring in the Sky. When you play the keys it is like Flying your fingers across the Piano. The notes are like Clouds drifting through the sky

4. Metaphor Definition: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison Definition: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison Examples: The curtain of night fell, She's the apple of my eye Examples: The curtain of night fell, She's the apple of my eye Poem: For whatever the poet needs it to be It need not know its own name Or its destination It simply may suddenly appear And take us to a place we’ve never been, To a connection we never would have found on our own. Poem: For whatever the poet needs it to be It need not know its own name Or its destination It simply may suddenly appear And take us to a place we’ve never been, To a connection we never would have found on our own.

5. Alliteration Definition: The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables Definition: The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables Examples: All Apples Are Alike, Bees Buzz Because Bees Be Buzzers. Examples: All Apples Are Alike, Bees Buzz Because Bees Be Buzzers. Poem: Two turtles took tea to turn time. Two turtles took time together. Together two turtles took tea to twenty tubs. Two turtles took time to turn toothbrushes. Tables turn turtles to take teach. Tubs talk to toothbrushes. Take the turtle to the tornado. Poem: Two turtles took tea to turn time. Two turtles took time together. Together two turtles took tea to twenty tubs. Two turtles took time to turn toothbrushes. Tables turn turtles to take teach. Tubs talk to toothbrushes. Take the turtle to the tornado.

6. Assonance  Definition: Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words  Examples: The spider skins lie on their sides, It beats as it sweeps as it cleans  Poem: Shy I, with earth, share mirth Muse over goodwill's dearth Meaning sinning find in few Due to high IQ, I find you in long queue Bird herd shepherd owl eerie make night dreary Lone lamppost Tree big bloom bird host Hello shallow call wall view On frond shine morn dew Haunt horizon for hauteur hue Choir quiet note solace seek Lambs cute sit mute meek Jungle roar in lion den loud Burn bright sky sans moon cold cloud

7. Personification Definition: The act of personifying. Definition: The act of personifying. Examples: My computer hates me, Trees were dancing with the wind Examples: My computer hates me, Trees were dancing with the wind Poem: Snow speaks to the people its falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air Poem: Snow speaks to the people its falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air