Figures of Speech in Poetry

Figures of speech are tools that writers use to create images, or “paint pictures,” in your mind.

• True
• False

"The clouds cry when their load is heavy." What is this an example of?

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

What compares two things without using the words “like” or “as”.

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

The following poem is an example of the what figure of speech?
 Flint
An emerald is as green as grass,  A ruby red as blood;A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;  A flint lies in the mud.
A diamond is a brilliant stone,  To catch the world’s desire;An opal holds a fiery spark;  But a flint holds fire.
  By Christina Rosetti

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor

"Molly must make her muffins" is an example of ____________?

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

What figure of speech gives human traits and feelings to things that are not human – like animals or objects.

• Personification
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile

"Voice” is the speaker in a poem. 

• True
• False

 "My brother is a fox, so sly in his ways."
This is an example of ___________?

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

What is the purpose of poetry?

• To create images
• To create emotion
• To create humor
• All of the above

Line breaks, stanzas, punctuation and white space _________________.

• are not important when writing poetry.
• Help the reader to know how the author intended the poem to be read.
• must follow the same rules as paragraphs.