Figurative Language by the Dictionary
Poetry in General
Figurative Language Examples
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100

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 


What is Alliteration? 

100

The author of a poem.

What is a poet?

100

An example of this poetic device is:

The flowers danced wildly in the wind.

What is personification?

100

Similar sounds at the ends of words or lines.

What is rhyme? 

100

Poetry that does not have a rhyme scheme or pattern is called ___________ verse. 

What is free verse? 

200

A comparison using like or as.

What is a simile? 

200

A grouped set of lines within a poem. 

What is a Stanza? 

200

An example of this poetic device is:

Her smile was as bright as the sun. 

What is a simile? 

200

Name the rhyme scheme of this poem (use letters):

The dog is really bad.

He makes me shake my head.

Sometimes he makes me mad.

And then my face turns red.

What is ABAB?

200

Point of view told by an outside narrator, not in the story.  Uses he, she, it, they, them.

What is third person point of view?

300

A common expression in which the words mean something different than their literal meaning.  

What is an idiom?

300

One row of words in a poem.


What is a line?

300

What form of figurative language is the poem using?

Mr. Sun is elated

and bright

He never yells

and does not fight.

What is personification? 

300

Name the rhyme scheme of this poem (use letters):

The world is red,

It's all in my head.

I can't seem to find,

Where is my mind. 

What is AABB?

300

Type of poem with four lines in each stanza.

What is a Quatrain? 

400

A comparison not using like or as!

What is a Metaphor? 

400

Repeating a word in a poetic line/poem used to show importance. 

What is Repetition? 

400

An example of this "rockets rushing in a race."

What is alliteration?

400

Name the rhyme scheme of this poem (use letters):

I love to hear the waves of the ocean

I love to feel the rush of the wind.

I love to see the blue of the water.

I love to smell the sunscreen on my skin.

What is no rhyme scheme?

400

Repetition of a word or phrase at the start of multiples lines in a poem.

What is anaphora?

500

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics. 

What is personification? 

500

The attitude or feeling of a piece of writing.

What is the tone? 

500

 An example of this is "its raining cats and dogs."

What is an idiom? 

500

A rhyme that works if you change the pronounction of one word slightly

What is a slant rhyme?

500

When a metaphor is carried on throughout multiple lines or an entire poem.

What is an extended metaphor?