2. Poetry is the best words in the best places. Poetry begins as a lump in the throat. Poetry is what makes your toes twinkle.

3. Poetic Devices Alliteration Assonance Onomatopoeia Rhyme Rhythm Similes Metaphors Personification Sight Smell Taste Touch sound Using the senses Imagery Sound Effects Rhyme and Rhythm

4. Similes A simile compares two things as similar, using the words like or as.  Her words cut like...  White as...  Red like...  As hot as...  As cold as...  He ran like... ...a startled rabbit ...embers in a campfire ...a knife ...drops of blood ...a gussy ...an early Winter’s morning

5. Create your own similes

8. Metaphors: A metaphor is another way of creating an image. A metaphor says that one object is another:  The night is...  The sun is...  My bed is...  His laugh is...  A book is... ...an adventure to be taken ...a warm cocoon ...a dark hot chocolate ...a flower in springtime ...a healer’s touch

10. Personification Personification is a special kind of metaphor in which human characteristics are given to non-human things:  The wind...  The trees...  The fire...  The door...  The window...  The moon... ...stretch out their withered arms ...smiled down upon us ...groaned to use its weary joints ...leapt and danced with delight ...whispered my name ...screams its protest

11.  A gentle breeze...  The cold wind...  The branches...  The bright sun...  The dark night...