Poetry Terms Review

What is the term for language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation?

• Figurative Language

• Direct Language

• Explicit Language

• Literal Language

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Identify the figurative language in the following line: 'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.'

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which poetry term is used when a non-human object is given human characteristics?

• personification

• humanization

• personification

• anthropomorphism

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

In the line 'The wind whispered through the trees,' what type of figurative language is used?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• metaphor

• analogy

• comparison

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the metaphor in the line: 'The world is a stage.'

• The world is a book

• The world is a stage

• The world is a puzzle

• The world is a playground

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

• metaphor

• alliteration

• rhyme

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In the line 'The sun smiled down on the earth,' what type of figurative language is used?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the term for the use of words that imitate sounds?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Identify the personification in the line: 'The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.'

• The flowers danced

• The flowers slept

• The flowers sang

• The flowers laughed

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A