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

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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.