Poetry Terms Figurative Language

The leaves danced across the lawn.

What is this an example of?

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following includes an example of personification?

• The dog ran swiftly across the park.

• The mosquito buzzed around my ear.

• It took forever to finish my test.

• The clouds marched across the sky.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

In poetry, this is like a sentence.

• stanza

• idiom

• line

• simile

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

In a poem, what is a group of lines that are together like a paragraph?

• line

• stanza

• theme

• tone

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What word means the use of extreme exaggeration?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

In poetry, what is the pattern of end rhymes?

• rhyme

• repetition

• rhythm/meter

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the imaginary voice used by the writer called?

• rhythm/meter

• hyperbole

• speaker

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is it called when the author repeats words or phrases in order to emphasize a point?

• imagery

• rhythm/meter

• repetition

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is the repetition of ending syllable sounds?

• alliteration

• repetition

• rhyme

• rhythm/meter

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that give the poem a beat?

• rhythm/meter

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4