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Types of Poems
What's that term?
Examples of Figurative Language
Speaking Figuratively
How well do you know your teacher?
100
A poem that pays tribute to someone or something of great importance to the poet?
What is an ode?
100
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile
100
The phrase "That boy is as fast as lightening when he runs" contains an example of this type of figurative language
What is a simile?
100
Extreme exaggeration of words and/or exaggerated comparisons
What is hyperbole?
100
Mrs. Moss's favorite food.
What are Peeps?
200
A long narrative poem that celebrates the adventure and achievements of heroic figures.
What is an epic poem?
200
Giving human characteristics to everyday ideas, objects, and animals
What is personification?
200
The sentence "The mountain listened to the rumbles beneath its surface" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
200
A humorous play on two or more meanings of the same word or on two words with the same sound.
What is a pun?
200
The number of cats Mrs. Moss owns.
What is 3?
300
A short musical narrative song or poem.
What is a ballad?
300
The use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes.
What is an onomatopoeia?
300
The sentence, "Sarah served some soup to Sam on Saturday" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
300
An expression that has a different idea than the literal meaning of the words.
What is an idiom?
300
The first name of Mrs. Moss's husband.
What is Tom?
400
"Casey at the Bat" is an example of this type of poem.
What is an epic poem?
400
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
400
The phrase "Fear is a beast that feeds on attention" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
400
Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing touch, smell, and taste).
What is imagery?
400
The number of different grade levels Mrs. Moss has taught.
What is three?
500
"John Henry" is an example of this type of poem.
What is a ballad?
500
The repitition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words or syllables.
What is alliteration?
500
The phrase "Get ready to bite the bullet" is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is an idiom?
500
The phrase "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of this.
What is hyperbole?
500
Mrs. Moss's least favorite subject when she was in Elementary school.
What is Math?