Poetry Terms

Mom was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor

After the ball was run over by the car, it was as flat as a pancake.
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What two things are being compared in this this sentence?

• friends to peas
• friends to pods
• peas to pods
• best to friends

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

How many examples of similes are in this passage?
Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle. All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines. Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin! The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time. 

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

 Which sentence is a metaphor?

• Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle.
•  All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines.
•  Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin!
• The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The trees dressed up in red and gold to celebrate the start of autumn.

• Personification 
•  NOT Personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The piano sang a mournful song. 

• Personification 
• NOT Personification 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The car screeched and whined as it came to a stop inches from the tree.

• Personification 
• NOT Personification 

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is personification?

• The same beginning sound repeated
• Giving human characteristics to non-human things
• A word that is a sound
• An exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4