Definitions
This literary devices uses the words "like" or "as" to compare.
What is a simile.
Name the figurative language device: "CRACCCKKKK!"
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the figurative language device: "Did you hear that the police station got robbed last night?"
What is irony?
You are as strong as an ox.
What is you are very strong?
What is the section or "paragraph" of a poem called?
What is a stanza?
This literary devices repeats the same sounds at the beginning of the word.
What is alliteration.
Name the figurative language device: "On Saturday I totaled my car. My mom said it was only a small scrape."
What is an understatement?
Identify the figurative language device: "The slithering snake stalked the scared seniors."
What is alliteration?
Don't cry over spilled milk.
What is there's no reason to complain when something can't be fixed.
True or false, the speaker of the poem is always the author?
FALSE
This literary devices gives human like qualities to an inanimate object or animal.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language device: "Dogs stand for loyalty and devotion".
What is symbolism?
Name the figurative language device: "I'm a baker because I knead the dough."
What is a pun?
You are on thin ice.
What is if you make one more mistake you'll be in serious trouble.
True or false, the mood and the tone of a poem can be the same.
TRUE
This literary device directly compares one thing to another.
What is a metaphor?
Name the figurative language device: "The crimson red apple in her calloused old hand glistened."
What is imagery?
Name the figurative language device: "Please stop acting like such a Romeo in class."
What is allusion?
Birds of a feather flock together.
What is people that are alike are often friends.
How do you paraphrase a poem?
What is you go LINE BY LINE and translate any figurative language.
This literary device is a reference to another play/book/tv show/movie.
What is an allusion?
Name the figurative language device: "Bless your heart"
What is an idiom?
Name the figurative language device: "He was a hurricane when he walked into the room."
What is a metaphor?
Don't give up your day job.
What is you're not very good at what you're doing.
What is tone?
What is the author's feelings towards the poem.