Poetry and Figurative Language

Poems are arranged in lines. Lines can be ___________.

• A single word

• A sentence

• A part of sentence

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Groups of lines are called ______________.

• Sentences

• Stanzas

• Tony Danzas

• Line groupings

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

__________ a comparison of two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as".

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Synonym

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

____________ is a comparison of two unlike things, but does not use the words "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Synonym

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

__________ is the process of giving human qualities to something that isn't human.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

_________ is a big exaggeration, usually with humor.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What sound device is used in this sentence?

Gilbert and Gus gulped and gasped for air as they fought over the squeaky toy.

• Rhyme

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

What is the sound device used when words or phrases are repeated throughout the poem?

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• repetition

• rhyme

The sky was dark with heavy rain clouds, and a cold wind blew in from the lake. The trees shivered, losing the last of their leaves, and people ran from their cars to their houses, avoiding spending any time outside.

What is the MOOD of this passage?

• hurried

• dreary

• cheerful

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"He is such a Romeo with the ladies" is an example of an allusion. How would allusion be defined?

• a reference to a famous person, character, place, or event

• words that involve one of the five senses

• two lines working as a unit

• a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds