1 Figurative Language
"I felt like a fish out of water."
What is a simile?
When the author uses description and words to create a mental picture in a reader's mind
What is imagery?
"My father was the sun and moon to me"
What is a metaphor?
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
What is free verse?
Giving human qualities to a non-human object is called a(n):
What is personification?
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
A unified group of lines in poetry.
What is a stanza?
"She sells sea shells by the seashore"
What is alliteration?
The attitude the poem’s narrator takes towards a subject or character
What is tone?
Using symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
What is symbolism?
An indirect or passing reference to a person, place, thing, or idea from history, literature, mythology, or religion
What is an allusion?
"The sound of her laughter was music to his ears."
What is imagery?
The Statue of Liberty is a ______________________ of Freedom for people around the world.
What is symbol?
The central idea or message conveyed by the poem.
What is theme?
This is the word for the type of writing that is NOT poetry.
What is prose?
"The stars were like diamonds"
What is simile?
The name of the following RHYME
"Twinkle twinkle little star.
How I wonder what you are."
What is end rhyme?
Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning using imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices (a)
What is figurative language?
BONUS QUESTION: DOUBLE THE POINTS. Repeating the same word or phrase to make an idea clearer.
What is repetition?
"The wind whispered its secrets"
What is personification?
This is what rhyme scheme helps maintain in a poem
What is the rhythm?