Poetry & Figurative Language Review

Front

What is the feeling created in the reader by the author?

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Mood

Front

What is the use of words that imitate sound called?

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Onomatopoeia

Front

What type of figurative language is represented by the phrase 'She cooked enough food to feed an army'?

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Hyperbole

Front

What type of figurative language is represented by the phrase 'The snow was a white blanket over the town'?

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Metaphor

Front

What type of figurative language is represented by the phrase 'Mile-high ice cream cone'?

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Hyperbole

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

Front

What is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification

Front

What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art?

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Allusion

Front

What is a figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis or effect?

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Hyperbole

Front

What is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor