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Poetry

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

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Poetry

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

  2. Poetic Devices

  3. SimilesA 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 Activity

  4. Create your own similes

  5. Touch Feel Texture

  6. 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

  7. The beach The beach is a quarter of golden fruit, a soft ripe melon sliced to a half-moon curve, having a thick green rind of jungle growth; and the sea devours it with its sharp, sharp white teeth. William Hart-Smith

  8. PersonificationPersonification 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 Activity

  9. Use personification to create imagery about these things: • A gentle breeze... • The cold wind... • The branches... • The bright sun... • The dark night...

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