Poetry Terms

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What is the mood of a passage that describes people as prickly and fearful, with shopkeepers being attacked?

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Suspenseful

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What literary device is used in the phrase: 'The crickets were chirping, the stars were shining and the air was filled with the smell of a campfire'?

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Imagery

Front

What does the simile 'My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time' mean?

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She gets really angry.

Front

What literary device is used in the sentence: 'Fruit is fuel for a healthy body'?

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Metaphor

Front

What tone is expressed by the son in the dialogue: 'Father: We are going to Disney World! Son: Yay!!!!'?

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Ecstatic

Front

What is a simile?

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A figure of speech comparing two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the sound it represents, like 'buzz' or 'sizzle'.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.