Poetry Terms

"The clock stood up and walked off the wall" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• personification
• stanza

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

When two words end in the same sound, this is known as what?

• rhyming words
• stanza
• personification
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

"The sun is a light bulb in the sky" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• rhyming words

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is is called when the author uses description and words to create a mental picture in a reader's mind?

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• imagery

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"I'm so hungry I could eat a whole cow" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• stanza
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

A group of related items in a poem is called what?

• rhyming words
• personification
• stanza
• imagery

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the name for a sound device in which words, sounds, or phrases are repeated to emphasize a point?

• imagery
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• stanza

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What two words does a simile use to compare two unlike things?

• like and the
• like and as
• as and the
• as and how

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is what type of figurative language. 

• alliteration
• idiom
• poetry
• repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

BOOM! CRASH! BANG! What type of figurative language is this?

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3