Figurative Language
A comparison that does NOT use the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
Words that imitate their sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
This famous poem makes you want to say, "She's dead, bro!"
What is "Annabel Lee?"
An example of this would be the sentence, "Ms. B. is a gazillion years old."
What is hyperbole?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers...
What is alliteration?
When human characteristics are assigned to objects or animals to illustrate a point.
What is personification?
The repetition of the beginning consonant sound of words within a phrase; commonly used in "tongue twisters."
What is alliteration?
This type of poem tells a story.
What is a ballad?
"You are as brave as a lion."
What is a simile?
We are the music makers,
We are the dreamers of dreams,
We are the movers and shakers...
What is anaphora?
This is Ms. B.'s most favorite type of figurative language; she uses a hundred-million of these a day.
What is hyperbole?
The repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase.
What is assonance?
This poem comes from the story of Alice in Wonderland.
What is "Jabberwocky?"
"The books whispered their stories in the library."
What is personification?
When analyzing or annotating a poem, you would this with letters of the alphabet (for example: ABABCB) and you might notice a pattern emerge.
What is rhyme scheme?
This is a figure of speech that would make absolutely no sense at all if it was taken literally.
What is an idiom?
The repetition of the final consonant sound of words within a phrase.
What is consonance?
The meaning behind this poem is essentially: Time changes all things.
What is "Nothing Gold Can Stay?"
"I just got a text message from He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named."
What is allusion?
This is best explained as the rhythm of a poem.
What is meter?
This is a reference to something that is well-known; it may not make sense to someone much younger or much older than you because they wouldn't understand the reference.
What is an allusion?
The repetition of whole words, placed at or near the beginning of multiple phrases.
What is anaphora?
When performed as a song, this part of the poem is called a "chorus."
What is a refrain?
"Just bite the bullet and do your homework!"
What is an idiom?
The repetition of whole words placed at (or near) the end of multiple phrases.
What is epistrophe?