Figurative Language

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that sound like what they mean

• an exaggerated statement

• a comparison using like, as, or than

• an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

The use of symbols to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature.

• Symbolism

• Couplet

• Free Verse

• Imagery

Language and poetic techniques use to create mental pictures and cause emotions in the reader.

• Verse

• Alliteration

• Imagery

• Symbolism

A short poem with three lines. The 1st and 3rd line have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables.

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Free Verse

• Stanza

Having the same sound at the end of two or more words

• Couplet

• Rhyme Pattern

• Alliteration

• Verse

A line of a poem.

• Meter

• Stanza

• Verse

• Haiku

The main idea, topic, or subject of a poem.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Theme

• Verse

An exaggerated statement is a...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Alliteration is...

• an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

• a comparison using like or as

• repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Words that sound like their meaning