Inspirational Rhyming Poem.

A few Halloweens ago
I went out trick or treating
With my best friend Joe
The doorbell was repeating

I was coming in hoping to ignore.
I was ready to go to sleep
My parents were wating at the door
I creep.

They began to yell
I tried to go to my room
and it was hell
there was a big boom.

"The Base Stealer" and "The American Hero" Paragraph.

I think that the character in the story was thinking about psyching the pitcher out. For example, “How he teeters, skitters, tingles, teases,” means that he is trying to disguise what he wants to do.  Also, “Poised between goings on and back, pulled both ways taut like a tight-rope walker,” means that he’s turned sideways ready to go back to the base or to steal. Now he’s playing with the pitchers head by “Taunts them, hovers like an ecstatic bird.” In the end he steals the next base. “Delicate, delicate, delicate, delicate - Now!” means that has seen the pitcher make his move and the runner has made their decision to go.

"The Base Stealer" and "The American Hero" Graphic Organizer.

Songs Containing Figures of Speech from Boys/Girls

Heartless by Kanye West. 'How could you be so cold as the winter wind when it breezes.’


Like a Prayer by Madonna ‘Its like a dream, no end and no beginning.’

"The sun's on my side, take me for a ride," in Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful of Sunshine"

A year without rain by Selena Gomez 'A day without you is like a year without rain.'

Back to black ‘Life is a like a pie’ by Amy Whinehouse

Hey diddle diddle ‘The cow jumped over the moon’ by Mother Goose.

The wind cries Mary by Jimi Hendrix ‘Footprints dressed in red’

Like a Virgin by Madonna or ‘Hungry like the Wolf’

Figurative Language in Old Poetry.

Similes + Metaphors + Personification = Figurative Language

Metaphors:

Love is a lemon - either bitter or sweet.

Hate is a blindfold put on by people who lack the courage to love.

Life is like a box of chocolates you never what you’re going to get.

Friendship is a phone, you can survive without it.

Similes:

Community meetings are like going to the doctor, boring.

Passes are like great!

The gym is as big as a boat.

Your house smells as if someone died.

Personification:

The moon winked at me through the clouds above.

The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another.

The phone awakened with a mighty ring.

The car was suffering and was in need of some TLC.

Similes + Metaphors + Personification = Figurative Language

Metaphors:

Love is a lemon - either bitter or sweet.

Hate is a blindfold put on by people who lack the courage to love.

Life is like a box of chocolates you never what you’re going to get.

Friendship is a phone, you can survive without it.

Similes:

Community meetings are like going to the doctor, boring.

Passes are like great!

The gym is as big as a boat.

Your house smells as if someone died.

Personification:

The moon winked at me through the clouds above.

The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another.

The phone awakened with a mighty ring.

The car was suffering and was in need of some TLC.