Figurative Language and a Few Poetry Terms

What is the use of words to create pictures in your mind, appealing to the five senses?

• stanza

• onomatopoeia

• optical illusion

• imagery

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

What are words that imitate sounds?

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• synonyms

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is a comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"?

• personification

• verse

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the repetition (more than twice) of beginning consonant sounds in a poem?

• rhyme 

• repetition

• alliteration

• homophones

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is a stanza?

• A line

• A grouping of lines

• A poem

• A title

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

Which is an example of "alliteration?"

• Sam slowly slips on the slide.

• I went to the store.

• The Cat in the Hat

• Who is the king of the classroom?

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

Which is an example of "onomatopoeia?"

• NO!

• Go.

• Swish!

• Stop

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

This is a...

• metaphor

• simile

• rhyme

• poem

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

This is a ...

• metaphor

• simile

• rhyme

• homophone

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a rhyme?

• a group of lines in a poem

• words that have the same ending sound. Example: tree, bee

• an author of poetry

• compares two unlike things by saying one is the other. Example: She is a night owl.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.5