Figurative Language Terms - Poetry Terms

What type of figurative language is used here? "The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• rhythm

Which of the following would be the appropriate diction to use in a letter to your new teacher?

• Whassup, Teach!

• To whom it may concern

• Hello, Mr. Martinez!

• My mom is making me write this to you.

A "stanza" in a poem is most similar to what?

• an essay

• a sentence

• a word in a sentence

• a paragraph

Which of the following term is demonstrated here: fringe, cringe, singe, hinge, and twinge

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

• rhythm

• alliteration

"The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest as I tried to flee." What type of figurative language is being used?

• metaphor/personification

• simile/onomatopoeia

• metaphor/allusion

• hyperbole/simile

What type of figurative language is used here? "The bird's chirp filled the silent morning air."

• alliteration

• repetition

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

"The enemy raised the white flag, and the battle was over." What type of figurative language is used here?

• symbol

• diction

• imagery

• denotation

This is the definition of which of the following figurative language terms: the beat in a poem; the musical quality in language produced by repetition and emphasis?

• rhyme

• repetition

• rhythm

• stanza

What type of figurative language is being used here?

“I have a dream that one day down in Alabama... little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted and every hill and mountain shall be made low..."

• simile

• repetition

• hyperbole

• denotation

"Before we were allowed to go to the movies, we had to wash a million dishes by hand." What type of figurative language is being used here?

• personification

• alliteration

• allusion

• hyperbole