A comparison between two unlike things using LIKE or AS
Eg. She swam like a fish
Simile
Give an example of a metaphor
Must compare two unlike things WITHOUT using the words LIKE or AS
What do you call a poem that is organized by every two lines
The bodybuilder was as strong as an ox
Similie
Words and phrases that help the reader visualize or imagine what is happening
The salty sea air blew in from the open window
Imagery
Give an example of a simile
Must compare two unlike things using LIKE or AS
Define stanza. How many stanzas does this poem have? 
A grouping of lines, like a paragraph
3
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Alliteration
Giving human characteristics to things that are non human
Eg. The sun smiled down on us
Personification
Give an example of an alliteration
Must repeat the initial consonant sound or line of words
Identify all the metaphors
A. Her face was as bring as the sun
B. It is raining cats and dogs
C. You are a couch potato
D. His eyes were glowing like fireworks
B & C
She sells seashells by the seashore.
Identify the repeated sound. What poetic device is being used?
S
Alliteration
The repetition of an initial consonant sound or line of words
Eg. Please pass the plate of perfectly prepared pasta
Alliteration
Give an example of a personification
Must give human characteristics to things that are non-human
"They walked together to school"
Rephrase it in an angry tone.
Eg. stomped, stormed, marched
The story jumped off the page
Personification