Figurative Language Poetry Review

Using extreme exaggeration to make a point is a definition of:

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

"The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words" is a definition of:

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as' is a definition of:

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

_______________________ is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Buzz, hiss, and meow are examples of _________________.

• alliteration

• personifcation

• onomatopoeia

a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line

• couplet

• triplet

• internal rhyme

• quatrain

an expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression; it means something other than what it actually says

• blank verse poems

• idiom

• symbolism

• near rhyme

She has cried a million times.

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Which of the following is a simile?

• He is as tall as a tree!

• He is the tallest man in the world!

• He is taller than my dad!

• He is a tree standing in the middle of the court!

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• He is super fast.

• He is as fast as a cheetah.

• He ran like a cheetah chasing a bird.

• He was a cheetah running in the race.