Mrs. Mc's Poetry Terms

What is a metaphor?

• A poem with no rhyme and no regular rhythm

• A poem that tells a story

• Words written in the shape of what the poem is about

• A comparison that suggests one thing is the same as another

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

What is a concrete poem?

• A poem that tells a story

• A poem written in the shape of what the poem is about

• A comparison that suggests one thing is the same as another

• Words or phrases to help a reader imagine with the senses

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that imitate sounds

• words that have the same end sounds

• words and phrases used to help a reader imagine with the senses

• a comparison that suggests one thing is the same as another

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When nonhumans (animals, objects) are represented as being human or as having human attributes

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Overstatement; extreme exaggeration for the purpose of making a point

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When two words end in the same sound, this is known as what?

• rhyming words
• stanza
• personification
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

"The sun is a light bulb in the sky" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• rhyming words

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is what type of figurative language. 

• alliteration
• idiom
• poetry
• repetition

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

BOOM! CRASH! BANG! What type of figurative language is this?

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5