figurative terms
The term that compares objects without like or as
What is a metaphor?
works written in lines and stanzas
poetry/poems
a poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
She was my sun, my moon, my stars
What is he really admires/loves this girl and sees her as his everything?
I'd catch a grenade for ya
hyperbole
the definition of personification
What is giving human traits to nonhumans?
a stanza
What is a group of lines in a poem?
an epic
What is a very long poem?
I'd catch a grenade for ya
What is he would do anything for this person, even take his own life?
Shine bright like a diamond
What is a simile?
Not using language literally
What is figurative language?
the author's message
What is theme?
ode
What is a poem written to honor a person, thing, idea, etc?
My soup was hotter than the sun
What is the soup is super hot?
the flowers danced in the wind
What is personification?
an exaggeration for effect
What is hyperbole?
words that sound alike
What is rhyme?
a poem that focuses on emotion
What is a lyric poem?
The branch banged against the windows, begging to let us in
What is it is very windy and the tree is banging against the house?
Life is a barren field buried in snow
What is a metaphor?
simile
What is a comparison using like or as?
a poem that does not have rhyme or rhythm
What is free verse?
a type of narrative poem, usually written in short stanzas
What is a ballad?
He was Herculean in strength--people were always asking him to pick them up.
What is the man is very strong?
He was Herculean in strength--people were always asking him to pick them up.
What is an allusion?
the definition of idiom
a common phrase that is not taken literally
What is the regular set of beats in a line of poetry?
an elegy
What is a poem written when someone dies?
Coming out from the woods, I was blinded by the bright lemon sun
What is he sun is very bright, so much so that it hurts his eyes?
I was "on top of the world" when I heard the news
What is an idiom?