Reading SOL Terms Definitions #1

What is the definition of a simile?

• A literal comparison of two unlike objects

• The use of visually descriptive or figurative language to create an image in a piece of literature

• A stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse, or within the lines of a poem

• A comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the definition of a personification?

• A literal comparison of two unlike objects

• The attribution of a human characteristics to something nonhuman

• The use of visually descriptive or figurative language to create an image in a piece of literature

• An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the definition of meter?

• A stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse, or within the lines of a poem

• A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning

• Repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

• An extreme exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the definition of repetition?

• A grouped set of lines within a poem

• Visually descriptive or figurative language

• Repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

• A literal comparison of two unlike objects

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the definition of alliteration?

• Repeated beginning sounds

• A grouped set of lines within a poem

• Repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

• An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the definition of rhythm?

• A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds

• A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning

• Words that represent a sound

• Gives a poem its flow and beat

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the definition of ballad?

• A warning or indication of a future event

• A narrative poem hat is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme ABAB

• Gives a poem its flow and beat

• An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event that happened earlier

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the definition of rhyme?

• An extreme exaggeration

• Words that represent sound

• The repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs

• An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event that happened earlier

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the definition of allusion?

• A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds

• Words that represent sound

• The repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs

• A warning or indication of a future event

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the definition of stanza?

• A three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count

• A narrative poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme ABAB

• The attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman

• A grouped set of lines within a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5