Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Figurative Language 2
Meaning
Rhyme Scheme
100
Swish is an example of a what?
Onomatopoeia
100
What is the beat created by the sounds and words in a poem?
Rhythm
100

Which of the following is NOT an example of an onomatopoeia? A. Swoosh B. Zip C. Carry D. Boom

C. Carry

100

Shades of gray surround my eyes, No color in my life- Oh how I try Rain clouds above my head I just want to stay in bed

A. happy

B. sad 

sad

100

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Candy is sweet

and so are you!

ABCB

200

Poor as a church mouse. strong as an ox, cute as a button, smart as a fox. These are all examples of what?

Similes

200
What is the pattern of end rhyme used within a stanza?
Rhyme Scheme
200
Sam sells sandwiches on Sunday is an example of what?
Alliteration
200

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and see The birds still hopping on the tree, Or hear the grown-up people's feet Still going past me in the street. And does it not seem hard to you, When all the sky is clear and blue, And I should like so much to play, To have to go to bed by day?

Going to bed when it is still daylight outside.

200

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Could not put Humpty together again.

AABB

300
The leaves on the ground danced in the wind The brook sang merrily as it went on its way. The fence posts gossiped and watched cars go by which winked at each other just to say hi. The traffic lights yelled, ”Stop, slow, go!” The tires gripped the road as if clinging to life. Stars in the sky blinked and winked out While the hail was as sharp as a knife. This poem has a lot of _____________ in it.
Personification
300

What is a paragraph like grouping of lines in a poem called?

Stanzas

300

"It is raining cats and dogs"  is an example of 

Idiom

300
I love the shore when the roar of the surf comes crashing down with a frown on the turf, when clouds are gray and the spray stings my cheek~ deserted stretch that is fetching and bleak. What are the internal rhyming words in this poem?
shore, roar down, frown gray, spray
300

What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem? Flowers Blooming in May,

 Birds in the sky Flying; 

Oh This Flower will Smile Today, 

Tomorrow it will be Dying.

ABAB

400
The best example of a hyperbole would be: A. I made 8 burgers today B. I made a few burgers today C. I made a million burgers today D. I made a lot of burgers today
C. I made a million burgers today
400

What is extreme exaggeration?

A. onomatopoeia

B. hyperbole

C. Personification

B. Hyperbole

400

"The ocean danced in the moonlight," is an example of what?

Personification

400

The lightning and thunder 

They go and come; 

But the stars and the stillness 

Are always at home.

a. Home is safe and calm

b. Home has lightning

c. stars are bright


a.  Home is safe and calm

400

Hickory Dickory Dock

The mouse ran up the clock

The clock struck one

The mouse ran down

Hickory Dickory dock

AABCA

500

"You are my sunshine"

is called 

A. simile

B. metaphor

C. Personification

B. metaphor

500

What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? Evening red and morning grey, 

Are the signs of a sunny day.

 Evening grey and morning red, 

Bring rain on the farmer's head.

AABB

500
"I have a million things to do for homework," is an example of a what?
Hyperbole
500

When I was down beside the sea A wooden spade they gave to me To dig the sandy shore. My holes were empty like a cup, In every hole the sea came up, Till it could come no more.

Digging in the sand at the beach.
500

The stars  never rise but I feel the bright eyes

of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

and all the night tide, I lie down by the side

of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride

ABCC

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