Poetry term review

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things
• exaggerate
• give person-like qualities to animals and things
• have a different meaning than the words.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Victoria vrooms in the van very vivaciously." is an example of...

• simile
• metaphor
• alliteration
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which one of these could be a personification?

• He is as slow as a turtle
• The tornado ran through town without a care
• BOOM!!
• I'm just too lazy to pick another answer

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is personification?

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the simile below:

• The tree danced in the wind.
• She is as tall as a tree!
• That cat is the devil.
• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an idiom?

• A comparison not using like or as
• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sounds repeated

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is imagery?

• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sound repeated
• Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"My head was a burning bush after we finished jogging" is an example of:

• metaphor
• idiom
• simile
• personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When human qualities are given to nonliving objects is:

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• personficiation

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a stanza?

• A group of words or a phrase in a poem
• A group of lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph in poetry
• a pattern of rhyme in a poem
• repeating words, phrases, or lines for emphasis

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9