Figurative Language
She is as quiet as a fox
What is a simile?
Sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste
What are the five senses?
ABAB is an example of this.
What is a rhyme scheme?
My backpack weighs a ton
What is a hyperbole?
When an author uses vivid and descriptive language to add depth to the text.
What is imagery?
A Shakespearean sonnet has this many lines.
What is 14?
Moonlight danced through the leaves and illuminated her hair.
What is personification?
an idea or feeling associated with a word that isn’t it’s actual meaning
What is connotation?
This type of poem has five lines and is similar to a haiku.
What is a tanka?
The room was filled with a deafening silence.
What is an oxymoron?
"After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic" is this type of imagery.
What is smell/olfactory?
The basic rhythmic structure of a verse.
What is poetic meter?
We are covered in dust and glory
What is a zeugma?
A poem we read by T.S. Eliot that evokes imagery.
What is Preludes?
The meter da-DUM, da-DUM is called this.
What is an iamb?