Lessons on Figurative Language

He drew a line as straight as an arrow.

A flag wags like a fishhook there in the sky.

I'd rather take baths

with a man-eating shark,

or wrestle a lion

alone in the dark,

eat spinach and liver,

or pet ten porcupines,

than tackle the homework

my teacher assigns.

Ravenous and savage

from its long

polar journey,

the North Wind

is searching

for food—

It wasn’t nice to call him “pretty ugly.”

The clouds smiled down at me.

SPLAT!

She is as sweet as candy

I could sleep forever!

He acts silly at times, but he was blessed with a brilliant brain.