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.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.L.6.3B

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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.6.4

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Overstatement; extreme exaggeration for the purpose of making a point

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• refrain

• stanza

• scheme

• verse