The most valuable thing learnt in 2010 in LA

The most valuable thing that I learnt in Language Arts in 2010 was the figurative language that we learnt. This has helped me a lot not just in my poetry but also whenever I read a book I am able to understand it better.There are many different types of figurative language such as assonance,alliteration,metaphor and simile. Figurative language is what makes a poem so interesting. It gives it "characteristics" that make it fun and exciting to read. Even though I had a little problem with figurative language in the start of the year, I still was able to improve towards the end of the year in figurative language.