This type of figurative language makes a comparison using the words LIKE or AS
What is a simile?
This is a person, place, thing, or idea. An example is "dog."
What is a noun?
This is when 2 lines of a poem rhyme.
What is a couplet?
You see people standing outside, they are shivering and stomping their feet.
The people are doing this because...
A) they are angry
B) they are cold
C) they are farmers
D) they are hot
What is B?
This is the most exciting part of any story.
What is the climax?
This figure of speech makes a direct comparison between two things without using the words LIKE or AS.
What is a metaphor?
This part of speech is an action, occurrence, or state of being. "Stomp" is an example.
What is a verb?
This is when three lines of a poem rhyme.
What is a tercet?
This is the lesson, or moral, of a story.
What is theme?
This type of figurative language gives human characteristics to animals or objects.
What is personification?
This part of speech describes (or modifies) a noun. An example is "awesome."
What is an adjective?
This type of poetry is the most popular form of Japanese poetry. It consists of 3 lines. The first and third lines are 5 syllables long, and the second line is 7 syllables long. These poems usually focus on a moment in everday life and include a seasonal word.
What are haiku?
This genre has stories about the future, space, or technology.
What is science fiction?
This type of figurative language is an intentional (and extreme) exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
This part of speech replaces a noun. Examples are he, she, they.
What is a pronoun?
This type of poem makes a "shape" on the page. It usually looks like its subject.
What is concrete or shape poetry?
The author's reason for writing a story is also called this.
What is author's purpose?
This is the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
This part of speech links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. "Under" is an example.
What is a preposition?
This type of poetry is in the shape of a diamond.
What is diamante?
This is the part of the story that gives you background information.
What is the exposition?