Poetry Review

The toast jumped out of the toaster.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Match the figurative language example to the correct term.

• personification

• The wind danced through the leaves.

• onomatopoeia

• She sells seashells by the seashore.

• alliteration

• POP!

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

What type of figurative language is this?

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

Hit the books.

What does this idiom mean?

• to fight

• to study

• to run

• to sleep

He is as skinny as a toothpick.

What does this hyperbole mean?

• that he is very skinny

• that he is easy to break

• that he is useful

• that he is tired

Under the weather.

What does this idiom mean?

• to be under something

• to be sad

• to be ill or sick

• to be caught in a storm

It is so cold, even a polar bear would need a jacket.

What does this hyperbole mean?

• it is very cold

• it is too hot

• polar bears can tolerate cold

• the temperature is just right

How many stanzas does this poem have?

What is the rhyme scheme?

• ABCA

• ABCD

• ABAC

• ABAB

Which line number can you find the word magical?