Poetry and Figurative Language Vocabulary

The structure or organization of a poem; it includes the arrangement of words and lines on the page, rhyme scheme, and syllable count. This is called ____________ in poetry.

• shapes

• concreteness

• form

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A form of poetry in which a poem is created by cutting out or erasing words from an existing text and framing the result on the page as a poem.

• Haiku poetry

• Concrete poetry

• erasure poetry

• New Age poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

When a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line, this is called _________________.

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

• double rhyme

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving an object human like characteristics or qualities

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

an exaggeration usually for humor or dramatic effect

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which type of figurative language is this? Last night, I slept like a log.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which type of figurative language is this? Your eyes are sapphires.

• idiom

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event.

• alliteration

• allusion

• idiom

• noun

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A commonly used expression of figurative language.

They are often cultural and do not make sense literally.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Figurative Langauge

• Tongue Twister

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

words often use for sound effects, often sound like what they mean.

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5