Types of Poetry and Figurative Language

What type of poetry is written in iambic pentameter?

• Narrative

• Ballad

• Epic

• Sonnet

What is this an example of: "Life is like a box of chocolates"?

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

What are the characteristics of Iambic Pentameter

• 10 syllables, 5 feet

• 8 syllables, 4 feet

• 6 syllables, 3 feet

What poet/writer is known for their sonnets?

• Lord Byron

• William Shakespeare

• Emily Dickinson

• Jane Eyre

The ocean kissed my toes.

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

I've told you to clean your room a million times!

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

She sells seashells by the seashore.

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Personification

Her brain is the size of a pea

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

What creates an Iambic foot?

• stressed/stressed

• stressed/unstressed

• unstressed/stressed

• unstressed/unstressed

Two lines that rhyme with one another and are often at the end.

• Stanza

• couplet

• rhyme scheme

• syllable