Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Sentences
Sentences
100
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
100
language that creates vivid pictures in the mind
What is imagery
100
repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
100
The cat and the bat sat on a hat.
What is rhyme
100
Bob is as wise as an owl.
What is simile
200
a comparison using “like” or “as”
What is simile
200
a group of lines chunked together in a poem, like a paragraph
What is a stanza
200
each line in a poem is known as this
What is a verse
200
The moon smiled at the dancing stars.
What is personification
200
Pow! Bang!
What is onomatopoeia
300
comparing two things by suggesting similarity, without using “like” or “as”
What is a metaphor
300
the repeating of sounds, words, phrases, or lines
What is repetition
300
regular repeating of sounds which gives the poem a “beat”
What is rhythm
300
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration
300
I am a cloud floating in the sky
What is a metaphor
400
giving inanimate objects human qualities
What is personification
400
repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words
What is rhyme
400
repetition of similar sounds at the ends of words
What is rhyme
400
Summer is coming! Summer is coming! Summer is coming!
What is repetition
400
The grass begged for water.
What is personification
500
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (sound words) (ex. moo, quack, ring, ding)
What is onomatopoeia
500
ordinary, regular writing is called this
What is a prose
500
_______ is the same sounds at the beginning of words and ____________ is the same sounds at the end of words.
What is alliteration and rhyme
500
Paul Bunyan carved the Grand Canyon with his fingernail.
What is hyperbole
500
Her boss has a heart of stone.
What is metaphor
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