Poetry Terms 1

The cupcake was a cavity waiting to invade my teeth.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The word thin, as in "you are very thin" has a _______ connotation.

• positive
• negative

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. Is and example of ...

• personification
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive
• negative

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A compliment would be to say that the owl in the picture is...

• bizarre
• strange
• unique

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

This house is as clean as a whistle. Is an example of ..

• simile
• metaphor
• analogy

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the narrator of a poem called?

• Author
• Speaker
• Narrator
• Main character

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The word scrawny, as in "Jason appeared scrawny," has a _________ connotation.

• positive
• negative

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CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9