Poetry Terms

Define ALLITERATION - 

• sound words like "boom" or "pop"
• repeating consonant sounds in closely connected words
• comparing using "like" or "as"
• giving human qualities to a nonhuman

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What device is used in this sentence?
Fruit is fuel for healthy body. 

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

What device is used in this sentence?
Fall Fridays feel fantastic. 

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

"Crash! Crunch! Grunt! yelped my dog as he jumped on the table and fell" is an example of:

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What is the definition of theme?

• how an author reveals a character's traits
• time and place a story takes place
• character vs. self
• the lesson learned by reading a piece of literature

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Repeated sounds at the end of lines of poetry

• simile
• rhyme pattern
• metaphor
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Figurative language is

• not understood literally, with a deeper meaning
• words taken at their most basic meaning
• comparison to help understanding
• using the 5 senses in writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Repetition is ______

• extreme exaggeration
• repeating a word
• repetition of vowels
• repetition of the initial consonant

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A metaphor is _____________

• continuation of a sentence over a line break (no punctuation)
• comparison of two things NOT using "like," "as," or "than"
• rhyme occurring in the middle of a line
• extreme exaggeration 

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10