Unit #3 Poetry Vocabulary (Basic)

An expression that has a figurative meaning.  For example, " It's raining cats and dogs," or "The early bird gets the worm."

• metaphor
• idiom
• tone
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What device is a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as?

• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration? 

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Johnny stated that his massive dog named Duke was as big as a blue whale.  Johnny is using______________ or extreme exaggeration to illustrate Duke's size.

• hyperbole
• stanza
• personification
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words?

• Repetition 
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Rhyme 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What gives human qualities to something that is non-human?

• Sensory Language 
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia 
• Personification 

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an exaggeration or overstatement used for comic effect or to increase emotion?

• Alliteration 
• Metaphor 
• Hyperbole 
• Simile 

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words?  The words frog, log, bog, and dog are examples of this poetic device.

• Sensory Language 
• Rhythm 
• Alliteration 
• Rhyme 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the five senses? 

• Alliteration 
• Onomatopoeia 
• Hyperbole 
• Sensory Language 

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What uses like or as to compare two apparently unlike things?

• Metaphor 
• Hyperbole 
• Simile 
• Repetition 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3