Poetry and Figurative Language

_________ is the repeating of consonant sounds

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

_________ is words that suggest sounds

• alliteration

• allusion

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human qualities to objects, animals, or ideas

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyberbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A person, place, or object that stands for something else

• personification

• symbolism

• irony

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Language that is vivid and appeals to the senses

• simile

• symbolism

• imagery

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read excerpt form "The Black Walnut Tree."

"Likely some storm anyway will churn down its dark boughs, smashing the house."

Which type of figurative language is used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Read this excerpt from "Identity":

"I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging on cliffs, like an eagle wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks."

Which of the following types of literary devices is NOT seen in this excerpt?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Read the excerpt from "Hotel California":

"Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes Benz"

Which type of literary device is used in this excerpt?

• allusion

• symbol

• imagery

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"I am as hungry as a bear" is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D