Figurative Language
Examples of FL
Types of Poems
Find the rhyme scheme
Grammar
100
comparison between two unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
100
He was a beast on the football field.
What is a metaphor?
100
5, 7, 5 syllables pattern
What is a haiku?
100
'There was an old man with a beard Who said, 'It is just as I feared, Two owls and a hen A lark and a wren Have all built their nests in my beard!'
What is aabba?
100
words that indicate location or position
What is a preposition?
200
giving human qualities to nonhuman things
What is Personification?
200
She was as sweet as a rose
What is a simile?
200
poetry that tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
200
As I was walking down the street I saw two people in secret meet The second one said to the first 'You have some news to quench my thirst?'
What is aabb?
200
answers the question what? or whom?
What is a direct object?
300
comparing two different things
What is a metaphor?
300
Swish, Bang, Boom
What is onomatopoeia?
300
a poem that has no rhyme scheme or pattern
What is a free verse?
300
It was in June you passed me by It was in June you caught my eye Soon we were meeting both day and night The days suddenly seemed filled with light It was all so sudden, a short tryst I thought But your heart and soul it seemed I had caught
What is aabbcc?
300
begins with the word to and ends with a verb
What is an infinitive phrase?
400
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
400
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
400
has a rhyme scheme of aabba and is usually humorous; came from Ireland
What is a limerick?
400
Oh I’m not a bird I’m not as elegant as a swan I’m about as elegant as a rhino on roller skates I’m just a schoolgirl On a balloon flight
What is there is no rhyme scheme?
400
begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is rhyme?
500
The wind complained all day to the trees.
What is Personification?
500
expresses personal thoughts and feelings
What is a lyric or lyrical poetry?
500
Oh Olive, You are as precious to me as any gem, With your beautiful, pure skin as smooth as silk And as green as the grass in summertime. I love your taste and the smell of your tender fruit Which hides beneath your green armour.
What is there is no rhyme scheme?
500
a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun in the sentences i.e. Miss Harris, the teacher, walked around the school.
What is an appositive?
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