Poetry Literary Elements Review

When a word or phrase is used more than once for emphasis

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Rhyme Scheme

• Topic

A comparison that uses "like" or "as". Example "She is as beautiful as a flower."

• Metaphor

• Simile

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The wind whispered through the trees.

• She is as brave as a lion.

• Time is a thief.

• He has a heart of stone.

How would you change this into a metaphor? " He ate like a pig."

• He ate like a pig does.

• He eats like pigs do.

• He is a pig.

• He is like a pig when he eats.

Yo mama so fat, that when she sits around the house she sits AROUND the house!

This is an example of what figurative language?

• Lineation

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

6. What's the meaning of this personification? "The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good.
• I like to visit art museums.

Which of the following is an example of imagery:

• HOTTOGO

  Snap and Clap and touch your toes

• Whew, it's hot here
  Is anyone else hot?

• What's it take to get your number?
  What's it take to bring you home?

• Well, I woke up alone staring at my ceiling
  I try not to care but it hurts my feelings

Which of the following is an Repetition?

• HOTTOGO Snap and clap and touch your toes

• Whew, it's hot here

  Is anyone else hot?

• What's it take to get your number? What's it take to bring you home?

• Well, I woke up alone staring at my ceiling
  I try not to care but it hurts my feelings

"The bride's bought a bouquet of bluebells," is an example of which literary sound device?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification