Figurative Language and Poetry

Compares two unlike things without using like or as; says one thing is another

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Describes non-human things as if they are human

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A group of lines (like a paragraph)

• stanza

• rhythm

• line

• pace

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The feeling or atmosphere that the poet creates

• mood

• rhythm

• stanza

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The use of words and phrases that convey how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste

• imagery

• theme

• allusion

• line break

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A type of poem that praises and celebrates its subject

• ode

• lyric poem

• sonnet

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

A short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings, originally created to be sung

• lyric poem

• ode

• haiku

• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is it called when a poet exaggerates the truth?

• alliteration

• imagery

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

When a poem comperes two things without using like or as, it is called a

• simile

• personification

• free verse

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The moon smiled down on the ocean below, bestowing it with diamonds

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• free verse

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A