Vocabulary Elements of Poetry and Figurative Language

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• The hyperactive hypocrite ran his mouth.
• It was so hot, the sun was melting.
• Hundreds of flies swarmed around the dead squirrel.
• She was too tall to sit in the car comfortably.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Onomatopoeia is..

• Makes a comparison in which something that is not human is described with human like qualities 
• The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
• Figurative language 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the following statement an example of?
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly

• Simile
• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing. Tick, tock. Whoosh! 

• alliteration 
• simile 
• hyperbole 
• onomatopoeia 

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Groups of lines in a poem are called 

• stanzas
• sections 
• paragraphs 
• parts 

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Buzz, gurgle, whoosh, crash: These are all examples of ___?

• metaphors
• onomatopoeias
• alliterations
• similes

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"She is my sword and my shield," is an example of--?

• a Simile
• a Metaphor
• an Alliteration
• An Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"The sour lemon pursed its lips into a tight bow" is an example of a--?

• Simile
• Personification
• Rhyme
• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

"Our friendship is like a rubber band" is an example of a--

• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving an animal or inanimate object human qualities or emotions is an example of a--

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D