Figurative Language
Language that means exactly as it is.
What is Literal Language?
Language that has a deeper meaning.
What is figurative language?
This refers to a single row in a poem.
What is a line?
What sense is this appeal to? The tiny red ant climbed up the broken twig.
Sight
il-, im-, ir-
not, without
A figurative language that compares two things using like, as, or resembles.
What is a simile?
A figurative language when you give animal, objects, or non-human beings human-like characteristic.
What is personification?
This is refers to the paragraph of the poem, usually separated by a space.
What is a stanza?
The sweet smell of freshly baked apple filled the air.
Smell
in-
not, without; into
A figurative language that compares two things, but does not use like, as, resembles.
What is a metaphor?
A figurative language that refers to sound words.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is refers to the pattern of end rhyme in a poem.
What is a rhyme scheme?
One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker.
Taste
ced
go
A figurative language that is the repetition of consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
A figurative language that is exaggerative.
What is hyperbole?
This refers to the life lesson or message of a poem.
What is a theme?
The car squeaked every time I hit a bump in the road.
Sound
liber
free
The repetition of accented sounds and all sounds that follow them
What is Rhyme?
A figurative language that has a literal meaning, but means something else when read or said.
What is an idiom?
This refers to the feeling or emotion of a poem.
What is mood?
vac
empty