Poetry

Figurative language is NOT to be taken literally.

• true

• false

Type of figurative language that compares two, unlike things, using like or as.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Type of figurative language that compares two unlike things saying that one is the other.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Type of figurative language where the words being said can NOT be taken literally.

• simile

• idiom

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Type of figurative language that uses extreme exaggerations.

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

This type of poetry focusses on a topic and the topic is written vertically. Each line of the poem begins with a corresponding letter from the word.

• Cinquain

• Haiku

• Acrostic

A _____ began as a form of Japanese poetry that focussed on nature.

• Acrostic

• Haiku

• Cinquain

Type of poetry that contains 5 lines.

• Acrostic

• Cinquain

• Haiku

Compares 2 unlike things saying one thing is another thing

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is this: This box is so heavy it weights a ton!

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metaphor

• hyperbole