Figurative Speech 1
This Figurative speech is an extravagant statement or the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
Hyperbole
This figure of speech is the repetition of an initial consonant sound.
Alliteration
The "STAR mark" represents WHAT in close reading?
Important Idea
What is the dog's name in the poem we read during our close reading?
JoJo
This Figurative speech is a direct comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common.
Metaphor
This figure of speech is a play on words that exploits multiple meanings of a word or similar sounding words, also used in 'Dad Jokes'.
Pun
"Underlining" indicates what in close reading?
Key Term
"Jumbo Shrimp"
Hyperbole
What is the greatest ELA Unit of All time?
This figurative speech is the formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
Onomatopoeia
This figurative speech is a stated comparison using like or as between two dissimilar things that have something in common.
Simile
What is the poem we examined during our close reading?
Watermelon
"The echo boomed as the rocks crashed into the sea below."
Onomatopoeia
What animal had a poem made about it that did not have a deeper meaning?
Pelican
This figurative language has repetition of the final sound or syllable at the end of a line.
End Rhyme
This figure of speech occurs when opposite or contradictory terms appear together.
Oxymoron
How would you indicate a word is "unfamiliar" in a close reading?
Circle it
"The moon peeked through the clouds."
Personification
What was the name of the guy who talked about poetry on the TED Talk video we watched 4 times and never finished?
Daniel Tysdal
This figurative speech is the repetition of sounds within a line of poetry.
Internal Rhyme
This figurative language is sometimes called “imperfect rhyme” because the words sound close, but not exactly the same.
Slant Rhyme
What is the purpose of the "fourth reading" during a close reading?
Reflect
"Break the ice"
Idiom
What is Mr. Mac's favourite poem of all time?
The Pelican Chorus