Poetry Terms

Mom's pumpkin pie was heaven.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Answer explanation

The pie is compared to heaven.

There is no "like" or "as" so it is a metaphor.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I ate like a pig on Thanksgiving Day.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Answer explanation

How the person eats is being compared to how a pig eats.

There is the word "like" so it is a Simile.

So, how does the person eat if they eat like a pig?

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Tom the turkey trembled when he saw the hunter.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Alliteration is the repeat of the same beginning sound.

The "T" sound repeats in:

Tom

Turkey

Trembled

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The turkey gobbledy-gobbled.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Answer explanation

Onomatopoeia is when a word names a sound and sounds like the sound.

Gobble sounds like an actual gobble.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

My sister was so excited for the Thanksgiving parade that she asked about is a million times.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Hyperbole is an exaggeration to be funny or interesting.

Did she really ask about the parade a million times?

I don't think so!

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A