1. Poetry Simile Metaphor Personification

2. Simile Friendship is like china, Costly and rare. Though it can be mended, The scratches are always there.

3. Simile Friendship is like china

4. Metaphor Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.

5. Metaphor Life is a broken-winged bird

6. Personification A silver-scaled dragon with jaws flaming red Sits at my elbow and toasts my bread. I hand him fat slices, and then one by one, He hands them back when he sees they are done.

7. Personification Sits at my elbow Hands them back Sees they are done

8. Simile or metaphor? His legs were stilts lifting him above the crowds. His legs were as long as stilts.

9. Simile or metaphor? The lion’s anger blazed a path through the jungle. The lion’s anger was like a raging fire.

10. Simile or metaphor? He was as hungry for knowledge as a deer for salt. He swallowed every book he read.

11. Simile or metaphor? The moon was as round as a shiny dollar. The moon is a shiny dollar.

12. What is being described? As loud as a football cheer, As nagging as a screeching owl, As piercing as a scared cat’s meow,

13. Is our new baby’s cry.

14. New-fallen snow White Wet Cold Magical Fluffy Soft Sleek Glittery Smooth Glistening

15. Assignment 1. Choose a topic that interests you. 2. Make a list of adjectives that describe it. (at least 3) 3. Write a simile or metaphor for each adjective. 4. Write a final line for your poem.