POETIC ELEMENTS
DEFINITIONS
PARTS OF SPEECH
PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, AND ROOT WORDS
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS
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Aunt Annie's alligator ate apples all day long.
What is alliteration.
100
A subtle comparison in which the author describes the person or thing using words that are NOT meant to be taken literally.
What is a metaphor?
100
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is noun?
100
UNacceptable, IMpossible, PREview
What is a prefix?
100
When you can't remember something simple, and it becomes a funny situation.
What is a brain fart?
200
My backpack weighs a ton!
What is hyperbole?
200
A comparison of two things that are essentially different, usually using the words LIKE or AS.
What is a simile?
200
A word that shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb.
200
unacceptABLE, fastEST, runnER
What is a suffix?
200
Buzz, grrrrrr, boom, purr
What is onomatopeia?
300
My rabbit's fur is as white as snow.
What is a simile?
300
The repetition of the same sounds at the begining of two or more words or stressed syllables.
What is alliteration?
300
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
300
preVIEWing, unACCEPTable, imPOSSIBLE
What is root word?
300
A word that typically expresses a completed action. (Think: a verb that ends with -ed.)
What is a past participle?
400
My teacher is a wicked witch!
What is a metaphor?
400
An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech for emphasis or effect.
What is a hyperbole?
400
Sweet, smart, funny, nice, green, tall, pretty
What is an adjective?
400
An affix attached to the BEGINING of the word.
What is a prefix?
400
A poem written in the shape of a diamond that has six lines.
What is a diamonte poem?
500
I have ants in my pants!
What is an idiom?
500
Figurative language in which non-human things are given human qualities.
What is personification?
500
Jump, laugh, sing, had, talk, is, play
What is a verb?
500
An affix that is added to the end of a word.
What is a suffix?
500
Another word for big or bulky.
What is gross?
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