Figurative Language: Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, and Personification

Poets carefully craft poems using words or details which appeal to the senses to help their readers picture things in their minds as they read a poem. This imagery makes the person, place, or thing that the poet is describing more realistic to the reader. Poets also use figurative language, which is language that uses figures of speech. In this topic, you will learn about imagery, as well as three types of figurative language: simile, metaphor, and personification.

Essential Questions

• What is imagery?
• What is a simile?
• What is a metaphor?
• What is personification?