Figurative Language
What is a metaphor?
a comparison between two unlike things not using the words like or as
What term refers to a group of lines in a poem?
stanza
A beautiful sky
So lovely in the summertime
Glorious sunshine
haiku
Molly made many messes in my Mercedes is an example of which type of figurative language?
alliteration
What is a simile?
a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as
What are the characteristics of free verse poetry?
no regular rhyme pattern
There once was a girl named Maureen
Who wished she were skinny and lean
But she loved pizza pie
Pastrami on rye
And ate til her plate was clean
limerick
The eagle buzzed over my head is an example of which type of figurative language?
onomatopoeia
The tree hugged the girl with its leaves
personification
like the chorus of a song
refrain
a type of poem that deal with a theme and is often dedicated to someone or something
an Ode
Her blushing cheeks were two roses in full bloom is an example of which type of figurative language?
metaphor
I am so hungry I could eat a cow
hyperbole
the beat of the poem
rhythm
Ed Sheerans "Perfect" is an example of which type of poetry?
Ballad
Break a leg! is an example of which type of poetry
Idiom
words that appeal to the senses
imagery