Figurative Language & Poetry Terminology Test

a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance

• metaphor

• allusion

• simile

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

exaggeration used for effect

• hyperbole

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• metpahor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else; the comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• symbolism

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes

• metaphor

• mood

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

• allusion

• tone

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

descriptive language in a poem or other text that evokes the senses--sight, sound, taste, touch, and/or smell

• metaphor

• symbolism

• sensory details

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

figure of speech that uses “like” or “as” to compare two unlike things

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

anything that stands for or represents something else; has both a concrete and an abstract meaning

• symbolism

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the repetition of initial consonant sounds; emphasizes words, imitates sounds, or adds a musical effect

• alliteration

• couplet

• enjambment

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

 repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• assonance

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4