1. Figurative Language

2. A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
Similes
Similes compare two different things using like or as.
A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore–
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags  like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
What are 2 similes used in this poem?
What are they comparing?

3. Fame is a Bee by Emily Dickenson
Metaphor
A metaphor compares 2 different things without using like to as.
Fame is a Bee by Emily Dickenson
Fame is a bee.
It has a song—
It has a sting—
Ah, too, it has a wing.
What is being compared in this poem?
What do these comparisons mean?