Figurative Language and Poetry Terms

What type of figurative Language is this?

"the sky misses the sun at night"

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

What's a simile?

• comparing two things without using "like" or "as"

• comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• using extreme exaggeration to make a point

• giving an animal or inanimate object human qualities or emotions

What term matches this definition?

"the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words"

• rhythm

• diction

• alliteration

• stanza

What term matches this definition?

"a division of a poem based on thought or form"

• onomatopoeia

• diction

• alliteration

• stanza

What type of figurative language is this?

"conquer a ladder then slip on a snake"

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

What is diction?

• the author's choice of words

• the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

• a unit of poetry such as a stanza or a line

• the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning

What's figurative language?

• language that communicates beyond the literal meaning of the words

• the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning

• the author's choice of words

• a unit of poetry such as a stanza or a line

What type of figurative language is this?

"Carrie never stops talking"

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is this?

"can you hear the wind that's howling"

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

What type of figurative language is this?

"help me, it's like the walls are caving in"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification and simile

• hyperbole