Terms & Definitions
hyperbole
What is extreme exaggeration?
The unleashed puppy was happier than a kid with an ice cream cone.
What is a simile?
The term for words that have the same ending sound. ex. when, hen, pen, Sven.
What is rhyme?
The term for the number of syllable beats in a line of poetry.
What is the meter?
Carmen used IcyHot cream on her aching elbow, and said "Hey! That's an _________."
(type of figurative language)
What is an oxymoron?
The two types of figurative language that make comparisons of unlike things.
What are simile and metaphor?
The rain danced on the rooftop, while the thunder shouted for people to get inside.
What is personification?
The repetition of the same letter sound at the beginning of a group of words in the same line or sentence.
What is alliteration?
A 5 lined poem with rhyme scheme AABBA and Meter 77557.
What is a limerick?
The following statement is an example of imagery and __________.
The ball whooshed past the batter and into the catcher's mitt.
What is onomatopoeia?
Something is used to represent something else. (Colors, weather patterns, animals, or flowers are common examples)
What is symbolism?
My jaw dropped all the way to the floor when I saw the Grand Canyon.
This idiom is also an example of ________.
What is hyperbole?
Daily Double!!!!!!!
Multiple instances of the same word used for emphasis.
What is repetition?
What is a stanza?
For Example:
"That's cap,"
"Don't poke the hornet's nest," and
"Up in arms."
What are idioms?
Imagery
What is a description using the five senses?
The tattered, loved recipe makes the most decadent delicious, thick and creamy soup. The aroma meets the nose with a hug.
Explain why this is imagery.
What are descriptions that appeal to the senses?
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. (a, e i, o u)
What is assonance?
A poem without a prescribed meter or rhyme scheme is called ________ verse.
What is free verse?
3 words that indicate a simile
What are like, than, as?
A culturally specific phrase.
What is an idiom?
A heart cold as ice.
Loyalty like a dog.
Nothing more dreadful than the clouds of doom.
These similes are also examples of _____________.
What is symbolism?
This sound device doubles as imagery since it speaks to the sense of hearing.
What is onomatopoeia?
A short poem with 17 syllables over 3 lines; often about nature.
What is a haiku?
Create your own metaphor.
Answers vary--Remember, a metaphor COMPARES two unlike things; usually by saying something IS something it is not.