Poetry Terms - 8th Grade

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Metaphor

• Sound

• Onomotopoeia

• Rhythm

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things

• exaggerate

• give person-like qualities to animals and things

• have a different meaning than the words.

Our feet squished in the mud.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• none

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• She is as pretty as a flower.

• She is the prettiest woman in the entire universe.

• She is a beautiful flower.

• She is very pretty.

It is going to rain tomorrow.

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• none

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

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Give an example of personification

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse
• The sun is like a light bulb
• The Sun smiled at us
• I want to be awesome

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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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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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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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