any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject

language that appeals to the senses;descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our senses

I am hungry as a horse.

                                                       

You run like a rabbit.

                                                                                                                                           

He is sneaky as a snake.

She is happy as a clam.

The girl was a fish in the water.

The clown was a feather floating away.

                                                            

The flowers danced in the wind.

The Earth coughed and choked in all of the pollution.

The friendly gates welcomed us.

                                                            

Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday.

Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday.

                                               

Chug chug chug!!

Swish swish swish

Yeeeeee Ahhhhhhhh

Glippp Gluppp Gluppp

                                                                                                             

She soared through the sky a million or more miles.

It rained cats and dogs!

                  

the organization of words in a poem; the way the poem and its words look on a page

group of words in a poem (kind of like a poem paragraph)