Definitions
Language that appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
Name the figurative language: You are as quiet as a mouse.
What is simile?
Identify the figurative language: Deafening silence.
What is oxymoron?
A figure of speech in which the truth is extremely exaggerated for emphasis or for a humorous effect
What is hyperbole?
What is a section of a poem called?
What is a stanza?
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
Alliteration
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us.
Personification
Language that means exactly what it says
What is literal language?
Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas within in a poem that are used to emphasize a feeling or idea and create rhythm.
What is repetition?
A word or phrase that is used to stand for another word
What is a synonym?
Name the figurative language: I thought Santa was going to be late, but he arrived in the Nick of time.
What is pun?
Identify the figurative language: Your bedroom is a dump.
What is a metaphor?
A play on words to create a humorous effect
What is a pun?
The pattern of end rhymes within a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
Word combinations that have a different meaning than the literal meanings of each word
What is an idiom?
Name the figurative language: Take it with a grain of salt.
What is an idiom?
Identify the figurative language: My feet are killing me.
What is hyperbole?
A mild or nice way of saying something that is harsh or blunt
What is a euphemism?
A line of poetry that ends with a punctuation mark such as a period, comma, or semicolon
What is end-stop?
A phrase that is overused and lacks originality
What is a cliché?
Name the figurative language: He asked for her hand in marriage.
What is synecdoche?
Identify the figurative language: The ocean has a decent amount of water in it.
What is an understatement?
A seemingly true statement that leads to a contradiction or situation which seems to defy logic
What is a paradox?
A lyric poem that is traditionally written within fourteen lines
What is a sonnet?