Valentine's Day Poetry Review

"When an author compares two unlike things for a specific effect using the keywords like or as" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Which is an example of a SIMILE?

• Jack is like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, always moping and complaining about English class. 
  

• Charles is a monster on his skateboard; he crushes and scares all the competition.

• The tree branch tickled my shoulder as I made my way through the forest.

• In order to lead, you must walk behind.

  
  

The definition of a METAPHOR is...

• When an author represents a non-human thing as if it were human with human-like characteristics. 

• When an author uses two opposite ideas/contradictory words to create an effect for the reader. 

• When an author directly compares two unlike things for a specific effect without using any of the keywords.

• Use of language to describe a person, place, or thing in terms of something else. 

Which of the following is an example of a METAPHOR?

• Charles is a monster on his skateboard; he crushes and scares all the competition.

• Jack is like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, always moping and complaining about English class. 

• The tree branch tickled my shoulder as I made my way through the forest.

• Andrew is seriously funny.

  
  

The definition of PERSONIFICATION is which of the following?

• When an author represents a non-human thing as if it were human with human-like characteristics. 

• When an author uses two opposite ideas/contradictory words to create an effect for the reader. 

• When an author directly compares two unlike things for a specific effect without using any of the keywords.

• When an author compares two unlike things for a specific effect using the keywords like or as

An example of the use of PERSONIFICATION in a sentence is which of the following?

• Jack is like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, always moping and complaining about English class. 

• The tree branch tickled my shoulder as I made my way through the forest.

• Charles is a monster on his skateboard; he crushes and scares all the competition. 

• In order to lead, you must walk behind.

  
  

When an author uses two opposite ideas/contradictory words to create an effect for the reader is what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Give an example of an OXYMORON.

• Andrew is seriously funny.

• Charles is a monster on his skateboard; he crushes and scares all the competition. 

• Jack is like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, always moping and complaining about English class. 

• The tree branch tickled my shoulder as I made my way through the forest.

What is the definition of IMAGERY?

• When one image or idea represents a more complex idea or something other than its literal meaning.

• It can give a word a negative or positive meaning or feeling.

• The use of words & details which engage the five senses and create mental images for the reader.

• A word’s dictionary definition.

Give an example of the use of IMAGERY.

• Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

• He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee.

• “There’s no place like home” The Wizard of Oz

• From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore;"