Figurative Language Examples
I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
Hyperbole
The feeling the reader gets from reading the author’s words
mood
Saying the same word or phrase over and over for effect
repetition
poetry that is free from the limitations of a regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms.
Free verse
The typical "paragraph" in a poem is called...
stanza
The branches bowed to the ground.
Personification
the rhythmic pattern of a poetic line
meter
Krispy Kreme is an example of...
alliteration
a slow, romantic, or sentimental song/poem that typically tells a story. Usually has a specific rhythm and rhyme.
ballad
a two-line stanza
Eek! I saw a mouse.
onomatopoeia
comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
metaphor
Three little kittens have lost their mittens
rhyme
a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional consists of three lines with a pattern of 5-7-5 syllables.
haiku
The voice that “talks” to the reader in a poem; the narrator of the poem
speaker
It is as hot as the Sahara Desert.
simile
What are the three types of irony?
situatuational
verbal
What three words create assonance:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
dreary, weak, weary
a poem that addresses and often celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea. Its stanza forms vary.
ode
the author’s feelings or attitudes towards the text
tone
It's raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
an object that represents an idea that is significantly deeper
symbol
What three words create consonance in this sentence:
I wish you would mash potatoes in this dish.
wish, mash, and dish
a form of verse, usually humorous and frequently rude, in five-line, with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA
limerick
What is the type of poem called that William Shakespeare created?
Sonnet