any language that goes beyond the
literal meaning of words in order to
furnish new effects or fresh
insights into an idea or a subject
language that appeals
to the senses;
descriptions of people
or objects stated in
terms of our senses
I am hungry as a horse.
You run like a rabbit.
She is happy as a clam.
He is sneaky as a snake.
The girl was a fish in the water.
The clown was a feather floating away.
The flowers danced in the wind.
The friendly gates welcomed
us.
The Earth coughed and choked in all of the
pollution.
Stan the strong surfer saved several
swimmers on Saturday.
Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy
trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.
Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh
Swish swish swish
Chug chug chug!!
Glippp Gluppp Gluppp
She soared through the
sky a million or more miles.
It rained cats and dogs!
the organization of
words in a poem; the
way the poem and its
words look on a page
group of words in a
poem
(kind of like a poem
paragraph)