Figurative Language
A type of figurative language in which two things are being compared using the words "like" or "as."
What is a Simile?
If these were the last words in each line of a 4 line stanza, what is the rhyme scheme?
1) Red 2) Blue 3) School 4) You
What is ABCB?
The meaning of the Greek root anthrop.
What is man/mankind?
Number of syllables in the word classroom.
What is 2?
The boy was as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile?
A type of figurative language in which human qualities or traits are given to non-human things.
What is personification?
If these were the last words in each line of a 5 line stanza, what is the rhyme scheme?
1) Leaves 2) Spoons 3) Leaves 4) Balloons 5) Noise
What is ABABC?
The meaning of the prefix caco-
What is bad/ill?
Number of syllables in the word November.
What is 3?
They tried to teach the tiger to talk.
What is an alliteration?
A type of figurative language in which there is a repetition of sounds at the beginning of words next to or near one another in text.
What is alliteration?
If these were the last words in each line of a 5 line stanza, what is the rhyme scheme?
1) Color 2) Autumn 3) Melt 4) Felt 5) Tree
What is ABCCD?
The meaning of the suffix -mania.
What is madness for/excessive fondness for?
Number of syllables in the word alligator.
What is 4?
The girl was a racehorse.
What is a metaphor?
A type of figurative language in which a word is used to imitate the sound of a thing or action.
What is onomatopoeia?
If these were the last words in each line of a 6 line stanza, what is the rhyme scheme?
1) Ball 2) Play 3) Run 4) Call 5) Drop 6) Fast
What is ABCADE?
The meaning of the word megaphone.
What is a large sound/device used to louden one's voice.
Number of syllables in the word continuously.
What is 5?
A fear of books.
What is bibliophobia?
What is a metaphor?
A type of figurative language in which two things are being compared by directing calling one thing the other.
What is rhyme scheme?
The arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem.
The meaning of the word cacography.
What is bad writing/bad handwriting?
Number of syllables in the word individuality.
What is 7?
To be without sound.
What is aphonic?