Figurative Language1
This figurative language involves writing that uses the five senses to create “pictures” for the reader..
What is Imagery?
Describe the characteristics of poetry...what is it?
What is a type of writing that often rhymes; shows deep feelings and emotions; and helps the reader imagine the way things look, smell, taste, or feel.
"Bloomp, glunk, swizzled, whoosh" are examples of this.
What is onomatopoeia?
The witch's washed out, withered lips whispered, "Watch what awaits at the bewitching hour!"
What is alliteration?
"And sore must be the storm/that tries to abash the little bird/that kept so many warm" is an example of?
What is personification?
This type of poem type tells the story of a hero.
What is a ballad?
"I am so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of this.
What is a hyperbole?
An old silent pond/A frog jumps into the pond/Splash! Silence again.
What is a Haiku?
"The ocean waved goodbye to the shore" is an example of this.
What is personification?
When a poet describes a sound using a made-up word, he or she is using...
What is Onomatopoeia?
This type of poem expresses a feeling or emotion through a rhyme scheme.
What is a lyric poem?
"The china danced on the shelves during the earthquake" is an example of this.
What is Personification?
There was an old man of Peru/Who dreamt he was eating his shoe/He woke in the night/He felt a great fright/And found it was perfectly true.
What is a Limerick?
"The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,"is an example of this.
What is an Extended Metaphor?
This figurative language is used to repeat consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration?
This is a five-lined poem, with a rhyme scheme of AABBA, that is meant to be funny and full of nonsense.
What is a limerick?
"My love is like a red, red rose" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
“Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.”
What is a simile?
"I am so tired I could sleep a thousand years" is an example of this.
What is a hyperbole?
This figurative language expresses an exaggeration.
What is a Hyperbole?
This is an ancient Japanese form of poetry with no rhyme, often deals with nature, and has three lines with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables.
What is a Haiku?
Explain the difference between end rhyme and internal rhyme?
What is that END rhyme is when two words on different lines share the same sound, while INTERNAL rhyme involves two words on the SAME line sharing the same sound?
"All night long with rush and lull/The rain kept drumming on the roof" is an example of...
What is personification?
“Nature is sometimes caught without her Diadem" is an example of ...
What is personification?