20-21 Poetry/Figurative Language Review

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What type of poem has three lines with a set number of syllables in each line?

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Haiku

Front

When two unlike things are being compared using 'like' or 'as', what is this called?

Back

Simile

Front

What does it mean when someone says they are 'in a pickle'?

Back

It means that they are stuck in a difficult situation.

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What is personification?

Back

Giving human characteristics to non-human things.

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What is an idiom?

Back

A phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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What is a limerick?

Back

A humorous poem consisting of five lines with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme.

Front

What is hyperbole?

Back

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is a metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is free verse?

Back

A type of poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the sound it represents.