Figurative Language
Examples
Figurative Language Definitions
Standard Vocabulary
Poetry Elements Vocabulary
Poetry Elements Vocabulary
100

What figurative language is this an example of?

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Alliteration

100

non-living things with human qualities

Personification


100

Language that isn't real

Figurative Language

100

Two words that sound similar

Example:

Rhyme

100

How poets show feelings

Emotions

200

What figurative language is this an example of?

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"

Hyperbole

200

an over-exaggeration 

Hyperbole

200

The lesson learned from a story or poem

Theme

200

A pattern of rhyming in a poem

Example: 

Rhyme Scheme

200

is how the lines and ideas of a poem are organized.

Structure

300

What figurative language is this an example of:

"Those takis are as hot as a flame"

Similie

300

comparing two things that use like or as

Similie

300

To add on,

Contribute

300

Group of lines in a poem.

Example:

Stanza
300

is the special message, feelings, or importance that a poet wants to share with you.

Meaning

400

What figurative language is this an example of?

"There were volcanoes of fluffy mashed potatoes"

Metaphor

400

a commonly used phrase that isn't real.

Idiom

400

To grown and change

Develop

400

a line in a poem.

Example: 

Verse

400

Creating a picture in your mind

Imagery

500

What figurative language is this an example of?

" Once in a blue moon"

Idiom

500

a comparison of two things NOT using like or as

Metaphor

500

To show

Convey

500

The beat or pattern a poem has


Rhythm

500

Something consistitently repeated

"Oh heart, Oh heart, Oh heart"

Repetition