Figurative Language
Poetry Terms and Sound Devices
Tone/Theme/Mood
Figurative Language Examples
Miscellaneous
100
Compares two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
A group of lines in poetry (like a paragraph)
What is a stanza?
100
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
What is theme?
100
She runs as fast as the wind.
What is a simile?
100
Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses
What is imagery?
200
Compares two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
200
Where a line of poetry ends
What is a line break?
200
The AUTHOR’S attitude towards the audience, the subject, or the character.
What is tone?
200
He has the heart of a lion.
What is a metaphor?
200
The imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem
Who is the speaker of a poem?
300
Giving human qualities to something not human
What is personification?
300
The use of words to imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
300
The feeling the reader gets from a story.
What is mood?
300
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is a hyperbole?
300
The dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation?
400
An extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
400
The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
What is alliteration?
400
What tone is implied by this statement? GET OUT OF MY ROOM!
What is anger/frustration?
400
The sun smiled at me.
What is personification?
400
Implied emotional meaning of a word
What is connotation?
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