Figurative Language/Poetic Terms Flashcard

Front

Using language to create a particular effect is known as ______.

Back

Figurative Language

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

What is an extreme exaggeration to make a point called?

Back

Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

The primary images or pictures the author uses to convey meaning in a poem is called ______.

Back

Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

A comparison of two unlike things is known as ______.

Back

Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Which term describes when the sound of a word suggests a particular thing?

Back

Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

To give human qualities to something that is not human is called ______.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

Which term refers to the specific words an author chooses?

Back

Diction

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Front

A comparison between two unlike things using like or as is called a ______.

Back

Simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is a couplet?

Back

Two rhymed lines of poetry

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

A quatrain consists of ______ lines of poetry.

Back

four

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CCSS.RL.7.4