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Vocab #2 - Fig. Lang.

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
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1.

A stanza is...

a)

two or more lines of poetry arranged together as a unit,  usually in a recurring pattern.

b)

you claim something, you state it to be true.

c)

you look for similarities.

2.

Imagery is...

a)

a way of using descriptive language to appeal to a reader’s five senses (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch) as a way to help the reader create mental images of what they are reading.

b)

words that are images.

c)

a way of using images to show artwork.

3.

Symbolism is...

a)

the use of others things to represent ideas of qualities.

b)

a statement of a position opposite to one already made.

c)

true after gathering and considering information about it.

4.

A metaphor is...

a)

comparing two unlike things by stating one thing is another.

b)

a pair of rhyming lines in poetry, usually the same length.

c)

the matching up of sounds and syllables, usually at the   end of lines of poetry.

5.

A hyperbole...

a)

when you represent non-living things as living things.

b)

is describing something with great exaggeration.

c)

two or more lines of poetry arranged together as a unit, usually in a recurring pattern.

6.

Alliteration is...

a)

comparing two unlike things by stating one thing is another.

b)

when you use a series of words with the same beginning sound.

c)

a pair of rhyming lines in poetry, usually the same length.

7.

An idiom is...

a)

the message an author is trying to show the reader,   usually a message about life.

b)

an expression that holds a different meaning from its literal meaning and reflects a people’s culture.

c)

a pair of rhyming lines in poetry, usually the same length.

8.

The theme is..

a)

the message an author is trying to show the reader,   usually a message about life.

b)

describing something with great exaggeration.

c)

two or more lines of poetry arranged together as a unit, usually in a recurring pattern.

9.

Personification is...

a)

when you use a series of words with the same beginning sound.

b)

comparing two unlike things by stating one thing is another.

c)

when you represent non-living things as living things.

10.

Rhyme is...

a)

a pair of rhyming lines in poetry, usually the same length.

b)

the matching up of sounds and syllables, usually at the   end of lines of poetry.

c)

when you represent non-living things as living things.

11.

Rhythm is...

a)

the beat and pace, in the line or verse of a poem, created by stressed and unstressed syllables.

b)

comparing two unlike things by stating one thing is another.

c)

the message an author is trying to show the reader,   usually a message about life.

12.

A couplet is...

a)

the most intense, exciting culmination of the conflict in a narrative.

b)

a pair of rhyming lines in poetry, usually the same length.

c)

facts, information, images, etc. that shows something to be true or valid.

13.

A simile is...

a)

a comparison of two things using

the words like or as.

b)

a comparison.

c)

using words to mimic sounds.

14.

Onomatopoeia is...

a)

using the same sound to start several words.

b)

using words to mimic sounds.

c)

repeating a word or phrase.

15.

Metacognition is...

a)

is thinking about superheroes.

b)

is a car part.

c)

thinking about how you think and learn.