Poetry and Figurative Language U4W5/U6W5

What is alliteration?

• A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world.

• The repetition of beginning sounds.

• A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

• Giving human qualities to inanimate objects.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• He is a walking dictionary.

• Sick as a dog.

• It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

• My alarm clock yells at me.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does hyperbole mean?

• Comparing two things without using like or as.

• Extreme exaggeration.

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

• Repeating words with the same vowel sound.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is a metaphor?

• A commonly used phrase or expression whose literal meaning is different from its figurative meaning.

• Comparing two things using like or as.

• Comparing two things without using like or as.

• Giving human qualities to inanimate objects.

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• Dead as a doornail.

• My alarm clock yells at me.

• He is a walking dictionary.

• Playful as a kitten.

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

What does the term "onomatopoeia" refer to?

• A group of lines in a poem.

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

• A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

• Repeating words with the same vowel sound.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the definition of "Lyric" in the context of poetry?

• A group of lines in a poem.

• A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world.

• The repetition of beginning sounds.

• When writers use words to create a vivid picture that the reader can imagine.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is "Meter" in poetry?

• The repetition of beginning sounds.

• A group of lines in a poem.

• A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

• Comparing two things using like or as.

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is a "Stanza" in a poem?

• A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world.

• The repetition of beginning sounds.

• A group of lines in a poem.

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does "Imagery" refer to in writing?

• Comparing two things without using like or as.

• When writers use words to create a vivid picture that the reader can imagine.

• Giving human qualities to inanimate objects.

• A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5