Poetry Terms Review Game

A figure of speech

that suggests a similarity

between two different things

(usually using "like" or "as")

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A figure of speech that

gives human-like characteristics

to an abstract idea

or non-human thing

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Using a situation, description, or quote that draws another text to mind without actually naming the text in order draw a comparison and add meaning is called

• metaphor

• metonymy

• symbol

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

A poem that

follows a predictable pattern

or conventional structure

is called

• Traditional Poetry

• Free-Form Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Using a concrete object or phrase

to represent a different abstract idea

(the meaning is usually open to interpretation)

is called

• metaphor

• metonymy

• symbol

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Techniques used by poets to build on the meaning and experience of a poem through the patterns of sounds in the poem is called

• Figurative Language

• Sensory Details

• Sound Devices

• Form and Structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A figure of speech

that uses a word or phrase

to describe something

that it does literally apply to

in order to show

a similarity

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Using a word or phrase

that does not actually name an object,

but represents a part of it

or a related idea,

in order to reference the whole thing

is called

• metaphor

• metonymy

• symbol

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A poem that uses

lines of varying lengths

along with unpredictable

rhyme schemes and rhythms

is called

• Traditional poetry

• Free form poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The are many different types of

_______________

that each have their own

predictable structure and pattern.

• Traditional poetry

• Free form poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9