Figurative Language
He is as fast as a cheetah!
simile
The repetition of sounds at the end of lines or with in lines
A. Line
B. Stanza
C. Rhyme
C. Rhyme
How do you fix this sentence?
I went in I bought the painting I drove straight home.
I went in, I bought the painting, and I drove straight home.
What figurative language is this?
I have a million things to do today.
hyperbole
Green and speckled legs,
Hop on logs and lily pads
Splash in cool water.
Haiku
The wind whooshed quickly through the trees.
onomatopoeia
lines that are grouped together (usually each has the same number of lines)
A. stanza
B. line
C. rhyme scheme
A. stanza
Is the following sentence a run on or a sentence?
I love ice cream it is my favorite dessert ever!
Run-on
What is the following?
to the left of the red car
A. run on
B. sentence
C. fragment
C. fragment
There once was a wonderful star
Who thought she would go very far
Until she fell down
And looked like a clown
She knew she would never go far.
Limerick
He is a brick in the wind.
metaphor
Repeated design or phrases
A. Line
B. Patterns
C. Beats
B. Patterns
What is this sentence missing?
The man that I saw yesterday.
A verb.
I bought apples, bananas, and grapes at the store I love fruit so much!
A. run on
B. sentence
C. fragment
A. run on
Home
Open and inviting
Universal
Safe and warm
Everything
Acrostic
The walrus whistled wildly in the wilderness.
alliteration
Pulses that are the basic units of rhythm
A. Rhyme scheme
B. Rhyme
C. Beats
C. Beats
What is this sentence missing?
In front of the last house
verb
I love my mother.
A. run on
B. fragment
C. sentence
C. sentence
The coolness of the night
refreshes my skin
the stars shine so bright,
causing me to grin
rhyming poem
The sun woke me up in the morning.
personification
a unit of meaning (1 word, a phrase, or even a sentence)
A. Beat
B. Line
C. Stanza
B. Line
What is missing? Fix the sentence.
Slammed the door and left.
A subject.
Someone slammed the door and left.
Give me an example of personification and hyperbole.
Anything
Peace is...
When you are outside on a nice warm day
With a cold glass of yellow lemonade.
Slurp, slurp, slurp.
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