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

Groups of lines are called ______________.

• Sentences

• Stanzas

• Tony Danzas

• Line groupings

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

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Synonym

• Hyperbole

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

• Simile

• Synonym

• Personification

• Metaphor

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

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

_________ is a big exaggeration, usually with humor.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Refrain

• Hyperbole

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"

• Simile

• Refrain

• Personification

• Metaphor

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What does this metaphor mean?

"The words flew off the page."

• The ink came off the paper.

• The words became birds.

• Someone is reading very quickly.

• Someone is reading about things that fly.