Simile & Metaphor

Simile
Simile is comparing something to another thing using like or as.
For example:
"I slept like a baby last night.."
"It's hot as hell."

Simile is somewhat important to writing because simile helps to showing imagery in writing a lot, it makes it easier. Also, simile can make some writing humurous just like hyberbole adding entertainment to the text so the writer won't get bored."He looked like a bulldog chewing wasps," is a simile that can make chuckle a little.

There are some similes in this poem:

Kindness

Kindness is as fire

shared from between spirits

Kindness is as water

Finding a way, seen through

To extinguish dismay.

Kindness is as wind

That guides the largest sail

Invincible to day and night

Larger than the largest whale.

Kindness is as earth

A meek rock in a streaming river

Unrecognized by men who only shiver

Or the men who hold their tokens high

Only starring at the worth.

Yet the man who saw beyond the mirror

The place where waters glow

The meek rock lies and doesn't expire

Chiseling at it, he found pure gold

Against the wind

Betraying a fire

Walking backwards from the water

He shared it with one he doesn't know.

-Adam Garfield-Turner

Here's a poem with quite a few similes in it:

Simile, A Love Poem 

Your love is like a blanket
that keeps me toasty warm.
Your love is like a shield
that protects me from all harm.
Your love is like a chocolate bar,
velvet-smooth and sweet
Or like some comfy house slippers
that hug my tired feet

You hold me like an easy chair

when I’m too weak to stand

Imbue me with your steadfast faith

by just holding my hand

Your eyes express devotion,

profound and true and deep

Your heartbeat’s like a lullaby

that beckons me to sleep

You permeate my memories
Romance from days long past
You underwrite my future
with a love that’s made to last
I need you more than words can say
My heart is sure and true
I’m yours until the end of time
Like, baby, I love you

Metaphor

Metaphor is basically comparing something without using like or as

For example:

"My mother is always on a rollercoaster of emotions, one minute she's happy and joyful then next thing you know she's sad and miserable."

Just like with simile, metaphors are also used to show imagery in writing a lot. Metaphors can also be used to add entertainment as well in writing which a writer would love to catch the attention of the reader.

Here's a poem that has a few metaphors in it:

Life

Life is a tree

With branches in several directions

Growing leaves, flowers, or fruits

Picked and swallowed with reflections

For further changes, for further corrections.

Life is a forest

Filled with scattered breezes

And delightful smell

Its branches are connected well

Many flowers have their leafy shell.

Life is a hike

Paths filled with roses and thorns

Cramped in sharp places

To make wise turns

Focusing on the roses and ferns.

Life is frozen water

A river attached to a pond

The surface paved with stillness

Looking beneath and beyond

Steady movement fills the bond.

Adam Garfield-Turner

Here's another poem with some metaphors in it:

Life’s Mud

So I came to that point of thick mud

Looking down I just nodded

My ankles drenched in frowns

Shadows had to flood

One flower did bud.

A beauty my eyes didn't recognize

Unfamiliar with its form

Standing still in the air

I began to realize

A chilled breeze in disguise.

When the bird sang that song

Couldn't help but polish my cheeks

You’re a natural you know

I choose to clap along

This ball blossoms like ping pong.

Where’s the mud I once saw?

This is strange

A black gem in my hand

Wheres the law

Against churning up raw flaw.

Adam Garfield-Turner

Martin Luther King Jr Expository Essay

 Numerous of people in the past have died trying to get our Civil Rights as fair as possible, and now that our rights are a lot better we take it for granted. Martin Luther King Jr. has been looking for a "promise land' where racial equality became a reality, and now we are close than ever to his "promise land", his dream is slowly becoming a reality. The night before Martin Luther King Jr died, he said,"I've seen the promise land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know that tonight that we as a people will get to the promise land." This means that he knew that he was going to die before we have reached the "promise land". Today, we're a lot close to his "promise land" than ever and if he came into my class tomorrow, he would be proud and he would also be proud of me.


  First of all, today there's a lot less racism than there was back then. Back then, people discriminated others because of their race and skin tone. Racism imposed a heavy burden on Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latin Americans. Blacks and whites were socially separated during Martin Luther King's days. African Americans weren't allowed to take the same buses, attend the same cinemas or even drink from the same water fountains. Most of all, they couldn't attend the same schools. It was illegal to go against this back then, but now this no longer exists.

  Another huge controversy that Martin was fighting for was women's rights. Back then, professional jobs were still largely closed off to women. It was not unusual for companies to have a written policy that stated that women should be paid less than men. Women couldn't make contracts including wills, they couldn't sell property and in many cases, they could not control their own earnings. There was no such thing as rape for a couple that was married back then because man had the right to have sex with their wife whenever they wanted to, and birth control was still illegal in many places in those days. In those days, women were considered second class citizens, but now, most of this does not exist at all so Martin would be proud.

    One of the most changes that were made that Martin will surely enjoy now is the fact that now, kids of all ethnicity can now go to the same school together without a problem. If Martin were to come to my class tomorrow, he will be happy,proud, and joyful to see many kids from different parts of the world sitting and learning in my class. All in all, the improvement of equality that was made over the past couple of decades will certainly move Martin Luther King's heart. He will be proud because we are getting closer and closer to his "promise land".

Hyperbole

A hyperbole is an exaggeration that someone says on purpose.

Hyperbole is a very important part of writing because to me hyperbole makes a story interesting. Hyperbole just adds more to a story. Most of the times, hyperbole is used for humor, to make people laugh and that is why hyperbole is one of the best figurative language out there.

Here's a poem that has a lot of hyperbole in it:

My Dog

His bark breaks the sound barrier
His nose is as cold as an ice box.
A wag of his tail causes hurricanes
His jumping causes falling rocks.
He eats a mountain of dog food
And drinks a water fall dry.
But though he breaks the bank
He’s the apple of my eye.

-The tone of this poem is lovable and very humorous.

-The mood of this poem is extremely funny and fun to read. 

Here's another poem that has a lot of hyperbole in it:

-The meaning of this poem is that the poet is trying to explain a dog in a funny way with many exaggerations and also the poet is explaining what the dog is to him/her.

Here's another poem that has a lot of hyperbole in it:

School Fight

You can’t hear a pin drop
As all the kids gather around;
They are vultures
Waiting for the corpse
Of the one who loses.
The tall kid…
He swings his fist with his hurricane force.
A torrential spray of blood
Explodes from the smaller boy’s nose
And covers the tiled floor.
The vultures fly away
As the teachers quickly approach.

-The tone has a violent nature in it.

-The mood of this poem is suspenseful but at the same time funny in a way...
-This poem just explains how most school fights are nowadays. When two students starts arguing, everyone "gathers around" as the poem says, and watches. Once the fight/arguement ends, every leaves or as the poem would say,"The vultures fly away."