Types of Poems
What's that term?
Examples of Figurative Language
Speaking Figuratively
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A poem that looks a little like this.

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What is an acrostic?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile
100
The phrase "That boy is as fast as lightening when he runs" contains an example of this type of figurative language
What is a simile?
100
Extreme exaggeration of words and/or exaggerated comparisons
What is hyperbole?
100

Miss Noonan's dogs names.

What are Conway & Finn?

200

A poem that follows the 5, 7, 5 pattern and has 17 syllables.

What is a haiku poem?

200
Giving human characteristics to everyday ideas, objects, and animals
What is personification?
200
The sentence "The mountain listened to the rumbles beneath its surface" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
200

Lines grouped together, like a paragraph.

What is a stanza?

200

The name of Miss Noonan's elementary school.

What is South Range School!?

300
A short musical narrative song or poem.
What is a ballad?
300
The use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes.
What is an onomatopoeia?
300
The sentence, "Sarah served some soup to Sam on Saturday" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
300
An expression that has a different idea than the literal meaning of the words.
What is an idiom?
300

The name of Miss Noonan's favorite drink.

What is water?

400

This poem has 4 lines.

What is a quatrain?

400
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
400
The phrase "Fear is a beast that feeds on attention" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
400

Words that sound the same, often found at the end of the lines.

What is rhyme?

400

The year Miss Noonan was born.

What is 1995?

500

A poem consisting of 5 lines, following the A, A, B, B, A rhyming patter, and is typically humorous. 

What is a limerick?

500

The repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words or syllables.

What is alliteration?

500
The phrase "Get ready to bite the bullet" is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is an idiom?
500

Repeating consonant sounds within words in a sentence or phrase. (pitter patter, drip drop)

What is consonance?

500

Miss Noonan's favorite number.

What is 6?

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