Figurative Language Examples
Elements of Poetry
Figurative Language
Elements of Poetry Examples
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The flame of the candle danced in the darkness.
What is personification?
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How the lines of a poem are grouped.
What are stanzas?
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A word that sounds like the word it is describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
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Cat, bat, sat, hat.
What is a rhyme?
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A, E, I, O, U are what type of letters?

What are vowels?

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The boy swam like a fish.
What is a simile?
200

Words that end in the same sound

What is rhyme?

200
When you compare two things and use the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
200

What is the name of a person that writes a poem?

What is poet?

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of what?

What is alliteration?

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That student is the shining star of our school.
What is a metaphor?
300

Saying words or phrases over and over again

What is repetition? 

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The repetition of the beginning sounds of words.
What is alliteration?
300
The lines in the poem are organized into four-line _________
What are stanzas?
300

The trees danced in the wind is an example of what?

What is personification?

400
Click! Clank! Thud!
What is onomatopoeia?
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When there is a pattern of beats and stresses in a poem (like a song).
What is rhythm?
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Comparing two things by saying that one thing is another thing (without using "like" or "as")
What is a metaphor?
400
When there is a pattern of beats and stresses in a poem (like a song).
What is rhythm?
400

I'm so tired, I could sleep for a week is an example of what?

What is a hyperbole?

500

As easy as ABC

What is an idiom?

500

A _____ in a poem is like a sentence in a paragraph.

What is a line?

500

Exaggeration

What is a hyperbole?

500

A poem is created by putting words together in an interesting way to express a feeling, create a mental picture, tell a story, or make a sound.

What is Poetry?

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Poems that do not rhyme are called what?

What are free verse or unrhymed poems?

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