Figurative Language & Types of Poems

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What is a poem organized into stanzas or verses and follows a regular rhyming scheme?

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Rhymed Verse

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What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a phrase or sentence?

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Alliteration

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Which of these is NOT a type of figurative language?

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Rhyme scheme

Front

What type of poem has no rhyme and allows the author to express their thoughts and feelings freely?

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Free Verse

Front

What type of poem has 5 short lines, tells a funny and unexpected story, and has a strict rhyme scheme?

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Limerick

Front

What is a type of figurative language that exaggerates for emphasis or effect?

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Hyperbole

Front

What is a figure of speech that compares two different things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

Front

What is a type of figurative language that uses words that imitate sounds?

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Onomatopoeia

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What is a phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its words?

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Idiom

Front

What is a poem that consists of 3 lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern?

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Haiku