Poetry Terms

What term describes when a writer describes something by comparing it with something else?

• Sensory Language

• Figurative Language

• Alliteration

• Poetic Language

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• I felt the warm sun shining on my face.

• The green grass gives me joy.

• I am a rollercoaster of emotions.

• Her hair is as shiny as twinkling diamonds.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Words that represent a sound.

• Onomatopoeia

• Onopoly

• Simile

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

When the text compares two things using the terms “like” or “as?”

• Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• The wind howls and the rain raps on the roof.

• The song of the sparrow fills my room with happiness.

• Her kindness is like a hug from a rainbow.

Which term describes text that gives human characteristics to non-human items and animals?

• Metaphor

• Sensory Language

• Personification

• Personality

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

”The wind is howling like the swirling storm inside...” is an example of a...

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Lyrical

Lyrical poems...

• Have no set rhythm or rhyme

• Tells a story

• Is 12 lines long

• Has a set rhyme and rhythm

How do you know if a poem is a narrative?

• It has rhythm and rhyme

• It tells a story

• It has figurative language

• It has sensory language

Which type of poem has no rhyme or rhythm?

• Humorous

• No verse

• Free verse

• Lyrical

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

• The first and second lines of each stanza rhyme.

• The first and third lines of each stanza rhyme.

• The second and fourth lines of each stanza rhyme.

• The last two lines of each stanza rhymes.