The classroom was chaotic

The classroom was like

________________
(simile)

The classroom was

_______________
(metaphor)
 The man was
________________
(description)

The man was like

________________
(simile)

The man was

_______________
(metaphor)
 Personification
giving non-living things human traits
Listen for personification
Why do authors and
poets use figurative
language?
Annotating Poetry
(adding notes to make explanations)

Metaphor:
Autumn Compares the
leaves to
A Cornflake leaves cornflakes
A Beneath the trees---
B Are they a breakfast Personification:
The breeze gets
A For the breeze? the human trait of
eating breakfast
- Thelma Ireland
Figurative Language Poetry Trick or Treating
1. Take the Figurative Language Trick or Treating log.
2. Your candy bucket (log) must have at least two metaphors
or similes, and two examples of personification in it.
3. Go to at least 2 poems posted around the room. Take a
copy.
a. Label the rhyme pattern,
b. Underline the metaphor or simile
c. Box the personification
4. On your log, write out the metaphors, similes, and
personification. Explain them as directed.