Figurative Language
Her eyes are like oceans.
Simile
Warm and cold weather
Crunchy orange leaves gather
On the forests floor
Haiku
The pizza is like cardboard.
Simile
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again -Mother Goose
Quatrain
Sarah's cat meowed happily.
Onomatopoeia
Snow dancing in the sky
Hot cocoa and blankets
Lights shining in the tree
With a twinkling star on top
Christmas time is here
Free verse
My coat swished against the door.
Onomatopoeia
All the days blending
Together into a stew
But not a good stew -Wanda Engracia
Haiku
Manny makes marvelous maple mangos.
Alliteration
Ana had a pet rat
And he wore a hat
He committed a crime
So he had to do some time
So there he just sat
Limerick
Bob is a couch potato.
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
Mary is a walking dictionary.
Metaphor
I decided to read the first page
Of the book of rhyme
I felt like I was stuck in time
And now I suffer from old age
Quatrain
Cole's cat can't cook cold corn.
Alliteration
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, ‘It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built nests in my beard!’ -Edward Lear
Limerick
I'm drowning in work!
Hyperbole AND metaphor
Camp fire
Toasted marshmallow
Warm fire sparks with the wind
Everyone is gathered around
Embers
Cinquain
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
Hyperbole AND metaphor
Gold fire
Orange, red, purple
Painted across the sky,
A still moment here, freezing time,
Falling -Marilyn Yung
Cinquain