Interactive Poetry- Figurative Language

poetry
words that are organized into lines and stanzas; uses rhythm, rhyme, sound, or structure to express something in an artistic way

prose
words that are organized into sentences and paragraphs (i.

e. short stories, essays, novels, and plays)

simile
a comparison of two unlike things using like or as (You walk like a duck.)

metaphor
a comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing is another thing or implying it (I am a fish.)

hyperbole
an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true and is not meant to be taken literally

personification
giving human qualities to non-human things