Figurative Language
Her eyes are like oceans.
Simile
Haikus are easy But sometimes they don't make sense Refrigerator- Adrian Madlener
Haiku
The pizza is like cardboard.
Simile
I am endlessly turning myself into someone new, even though it turns out to be the person I've always been- Jose Chaves
Free verse
Mary is a walking dictionary.
Metaphor
The fog comes on little cat feet it sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on- Carl Sandburg
Free verse
Bob is a couch potato.
Metaphor
My coat swished against the door.
Onomatopoeia
Macy's cat meows happily.
Onomatopoeia
I'm drowning in work!
Hyperbole AND metaphor
Manny makes marvelous maple mangos.
Alliteration
All the days blending together into a stew But not a good stew- Wanda Engracia
Haiku
Cole's cat can't cook cold corn.
Alliteration
Gold fire Orange, red, purple Painted across the sky, A still moment here, freezing time, Falling- Marilyn Yung
Cinquain
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole AND metaphor
Look up... From bleakening hills Blows down the light, first breath Of wintry wind... look up, and scent The snow- Adelaide Crapsey
Cinquain