Student Blog Assignment

Here is an opportunity for students to add to our blog here. We have been learning about figurative language and incorporating it in our poetry. Figurative language is the creative use of words author's use in order to put an image in our head to help us better understand a text. We have learned that metaphors are a comparison between two things, which does not use the words like or as. An example would be, My brother is a pig. A simile is a comparison between two things, which DOES use the words like or as. An example would be, Her eyes were as blue as the ocean, or, He jumps high like a frog. Another type of figurative language the students have learned is personification. Personification is giving something human-like qualities. An example would be, The mountain stands proud against the rising sun, or, The raindrops danced across the window pane. The students have written fabulous examples in class! I would love to have students share poems and examples of their own figurative language on our blog as a comment response to this post. I can't wait to read all of the fantastic creative writing!!