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

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

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

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

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Overstatement; extreme exaggeration for the purpose of making a point

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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

• rhyming words
• stanza
• personification
• metaphor

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

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• rhyming words

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

• alliteration
• idiom
• poetry
• repetition

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

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• hyperbole