Poetry Figurative Language and Imagery

giving human qualtities to nonliving things

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• hyperbole

extreme exaggeration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

What is it called when a comparison is made using 'like' or 'as'?

Example:

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

when the same word is used many times in a poem

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

words or phrases that mean something different from the literal definition of the words

• sound devices

• figurative language

• imagery

a sound effect

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

What is the term for a direct comparison between two unlike things?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

a group of lines in a poem

• line

• sentence

• stanza

• paragraph

Groups of lines are called ______________.

• Sentences

• Stanzas

• Tony Danzas

• Line groupings

__________ a comparison of two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as".

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Synonym

• Hyperbole