4.9 Special Effects and Patterns for Poems
Word Play Example - Step Two
Remember, you are camping, it is the middle of the night, and you wake up in a thunderstorm. It is time to play with the words in each line and to create pictures with alliteration, similes, and metaphors.
LINE ONE: Write a word or phrase to tell how you feel.
Terrified as a mouse caught in a trap, (simile)
LINE TWO: Write down a word or phrase to tell what you see.
Streaks of brilliant lightning rip across the night sky.
LINE THREE: Write down a word or phrase to tell what you hear.
BOOM! (onomatopoeia) Thunder crashes like elephants in my room (simile) while the wind is a wolf howling at the moon (metaphor).
LINE FOUR: Write down a word or phrase to tell what you do.
I cover my ears, squeeze shut my eyes,
LINE FIVE: Write down a word or phrase to end the poem.
And dive deep down (alliteration) into my sleeping bagl