Figurative Language and Poetry Review

Giving non-human things/ objects human actions or characteristics is:

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

Comparing two or more unlike things using like or as is:

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• rhyme

Comparing two or more unlike things not using like or as is.

• metaphor

• simile

• rhythm

• alliteration

Repeating the beginning consonant sounds (ex. Peter Piper..)

• repetition

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• refrain

Sound words:

• rhyme

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• refrain

An extreme exaggeration:

• allusion

• drama

• metaphor

• hyperbole

A stanza is

• a way to organize nonfiction writing

• a paragraph

• the division of lines in a poem

• a way to organize prose

True or false: Lines in a poem have to have punctuation

• true

• false

repetition is .....

• when an author compares to things using like or as

• when an author refers to another work from literature, history, or popular culture

• when words or phrases are repeated for emphasis

• when several words in a row all begin with the same consonant sound

A phrase or stanza that is repeated throughout a longer poem or song is a

• refrain

• repetition

• alliteration

• allusion