Poetry Figurative Language and Imagery

Words that describe the sound they make, are called?

• Idiom

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman, is called?

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Personification

The old door creaked open, is an example of...

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Mom is a real bear when she's mad, is an example of ...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

• Personification

The tree danced around in the breeze, is an example of...

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

My backpack weighs a ton, is an example of ...

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idiom

My dad is as strong as an ox, is an example of ...

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Whack! Went the fly swatter as I hit the fly, is an example of...

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

My teacher always talks so loud I swear you can hear her across the school, is an example of ...

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

What is Mood ?

• the feeling the reader gets from the poem

• how you feel in the morning

• the attitude expressed by the writer in the poem

• feelings