Poem Figurative Language and Imagery

Groups of lines in a poem are called

• stanzas

• sections

• paragraphs

• parts

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

When words end with the same sounds, the words 

• verse 
• rhyme 

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

The "beat" of the poem  is called the  

• rhythm
• rhyme 
• stanza 
• alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

When a poem repeats sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines, he or she is using 

• rhyme
• stanza 
• repetition 
• alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like" 

• hyperbole 
• metaphor 
• alliteration 
• simile 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A direct comparison of two unlike things that does not use the words "like" or "as" in the comparison.  It often uses "is" in the comparison.

• metaphor 
• simile 
• onomatopoeia
• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.7.2D

Repeating the same consonant at the beginning words or lines.  

• rhyme 
• alliteration 
• assonance 
• simile 

Tags

CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human characteristics or qualities to an object, idea, or even an animal 

• onomatopoeia 
• sensory detail
• hyperbole 
• personification 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

A type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing. 

• alliteration 
• simile 
• hyperbole 
• onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

_________ uses words and phrases that appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, touch, & taste

• simile

• tone

• imagery

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5