Poetry Terms Vocab Test 11/6/20 (Weston)

This form of figurative language says that something "is" something else. Example: Life is a stage.

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This is the pattern of rhyming words in a poem. We look at the last word of each line to determine this.

• rhyme scheme

• pattern

• repetition

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.7.4

This is a form of figurative language where the the meaning of the saying does not mean the same thing as the literal meaning of the words. Example: Break a leg!

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

This is what you do when you "see" an image in your head. When author's use figurative language, it makes it easier to _______ images in your head.

• predict

• visualize

• personification

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

This is to make an educated guess about what will happen next based on clues the author gives in a passage.

• predict

• visualize

• onomatopoeia

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

This is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point. "Gosh! This purse weighs a ton!"

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

This is giving human-like characteristics to non-human objects.

• visualize

• predict

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

This is a term used to describe words that reflect sounds. Example: Zip, Bang, Ding

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When an author uses ____________________, the same sound is repeated over and over again. Tongue twisters are an example of this. (Sally Sold Seashells by the Seashore)

• alliteration

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This is the term used to describe when the same things is written or said over and over again.

• alliteration

• idiom

• metaphor

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4