Fig. Lang. Vocab
This type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.
Simile
Which of these lines is a metaphor? (Slide 1)
What is a group of words that is in one row?
What is a group of these called?
Line, Stanza
How many stanzas are in this poem?
3
This type of figurative language gives things that are not human, human qualities.
Personification
Which of these is personification:
A. My brother is a pig when he eats!
B. The trees danced in the wind.
C. Emily's backpack weighs a ton!
B.
This poem has an AABBA rhyme scheme, has 5 lines, and is usually funny.
Limerick
What kind of poem is this? (Slide 3)
Rhymed Verse
This type or figurative language makes a sound like "pop!" or "BOOM!".
Onomatopoeia
Which of the following are examples of personification? Select two.
A. The lightning danced across the sky.
B. Sandy said, "come on let's dance!".
C. Stew is like a pig when he eats.
D. The wind in the trees sang a silly song.
A and D.
This poem is usually about nature, is 3 lines, and has a 575 syllable pattern.
Haiku
What kind of poem is this? What is the rhyme scheme? (Slide 4)
Limerick; AABBA
This type of figurative language compares two things without using "like" or "as". Says one thing is another.
Metaphor
What kind of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
This type of poem does not have words that rhyme and can have any number of lines.
Free Verse
What type of poem is this?
What is the rhyme scheme?
What is the syllable pattern?
What figurative language is used in line 3? (Slide 4)
Haiku, ABC, 5 7 5, onomatopoeia.
This type of figurative language is an exaggeration.
Hyperbole
Which of the following is not a hyperbole?
A. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
B. My feet are killing me.
C. The sky danced with pretty colors.
D. I've told you this 1,000,000 times.
C
This type of poem has a pattern of rhyming and can be any number of lines.
Rhymed Verse
What type of poem is this?
The sun plays in the sky.
It dances with the moonlight,
just before it's bedtime.
Free Verse.