Poetry Review

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.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"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.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

A simile is _________________

• a comparison of two things using "like", "as," or "than"
• rhyme occurring in the middle of the line
• repetition of vowels
• extreme exaggeration 

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the "tone" of a story?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader
• The author, narrator, or speaker's general attitude in a piece of writing
• The time and place of the story
• The summary of events in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This is an example of:
The Gatorade quenched my thirst after I sprinted around the track with the sun beating down. 

• Imagery
• Allusion
• Personification
• Pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the mood of a story or poem?

• attitude of the speaker, character, or narrator
• repetition of sounds
• how the protagonist feels
• the feeling created in the audience by the words of the writer

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When nonhumans (animals, objects) are represented as being human or as having human attributes

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Overstatement; extreme exaggeration for the purpose of making a point

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song, similar to paragraph in prose

• refrain

• stanza

• scheme

• verse