Figurative Language and Poetry Terms

What is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words that are close together?

• allusion

• alliteration

• assonance

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

In poetry, each ________________ is like a sentence.

• stanza

• idiom

• line

• simile

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What word explains when objects or animals take on human traits?

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• imagery

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The repetition of vowel sounds that are close together is called __________________.

• alliteration

• rhyme

• assonance

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

A ______________________ is a group of lines together like a paragraph.

• line

• stanza

• theme

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

What word refers to words or phrase that appeal to one or more of the five senses?

• imagery

• mood

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When a writer refers to another character, place, thing, or literary work is called ____________________.

• allusion

• personification

• theme

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

What word means the use of extreme exaggeration?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

_______________ is the feeling that a reader gets after reading a piece of literature.

• tone

• theme

• mood

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The pattern of end rhyme in poetry is called _____________.

• rhyme

• repetition

• rhythm/meter

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4