Figurative Language and Poetic Devices Practice

Rhyme Scheme

• A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line

• One word at the end of a line rhymes with a word at the end of another line

• A pattern of rhyme within a poem

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What does "form" mean in poetry?

• The appearance of the words on the page

• A group of lines arranged together

• A group of words together on one line of the poem

• A word at the end of one line rhymes with the word at the end of another line

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He had honey in his hair!

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Metaphor

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I am so tired I could hibernate for 3 years straight!

• Imagery

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

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Her hair was like a river flowing down her back.

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

• Personification

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What is personification?

• A phrase that cannot be taken literally.

• A reference to a famous work like a book, movie, or historical figure.

• A comparison between two things using like or as.

• When a thing is given human qualities or characteristics.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

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Assonance

• Repeated consonant sounds that can happen anywhere in a word

• Repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of poetry

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The ball is in your court. What are you going to do?

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Onomatopoiea

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.7.5A

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What is imagery?

• An extreme exaggeration.

• A phrase that cannot be taken literally.

• Language that appeals to your senses (Sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell).

• Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words

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CCSS.L.7.5A

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Don't be a Scrooge!

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.L.7.5A

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