Figurative Language and Poetry

An idiom is

• exaggeration

• Someone who isn't smart

• an expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A stanza is...?

• When people stand up to read poetry

• Boo!

• The page the poetry is written on

• A group lines in a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

__________ is the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together.

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

__________ a comparison of two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as".

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Synonym

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

____________ is a comparison of two unlike things, but does not use the words "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Synonym

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

__________ is the process of giving human qualities to something that isn't human.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

_________ is a big exaggeration, usually with humor.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Refrain

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"

• Simile

• Refrain

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The boy was as fast as a rocket as he sped by on his bicycle"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A