6th Grade Poetry Terms

The main message or overall idea expressed by the poem/book

• metaphor

• simile

• theme

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which is an example of a hyperbole?

• I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

• The wind howled in the night.

• She was quiet as a mouse.

• BOOM!

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines

• paragraph

• stanza

• block

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

"Sandy says Spongebob has the suds" is an example of...

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"He's fast as lightening" is an example of...

• metaphor

• connotation

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Jellyfish Fields smelled of fresh coral and was blanketed in bright green grass" is an example of...

• personification

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human characteristics

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

The use of words or phrases whose sounds suggest their meanings. (Ex: "squeak")

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

• Euphemism

• Connotation

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

”The wind howled in the night” is an example of...

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A