Figurative Language Vocab
The repetition of words with the same beginning sound.
What is alliteration?
"The surface of the water was as smooth as glass."
What is a simile?
It can be written about any topic. The letters of the topic are written vertically.
What is an acrostic poem?
Dogs
Furry, friendly
Barking, fetching, playing
Friends when you need them
Pets
What is a cinquain poem?
"I'll rise like the break of dawn."
-Let it go from Frozen
What is a simile?
Two or more words that have the same ending sound.
What is a rhyme?
"The giant tree was brightly colored with orange, red, and yellow leaves."
What is imagery?
The words form the object it describes. The description can also fill or outline it.
What is concrete or shape poetry?
Finally springs here
Flowers grow and bloom in spring
New life all around
What is a haiku poem?
"Time is racing towards us."
-I'll make a man out of you from Mulan
What is personification?
A division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together usually in a repeating pattern of rhythm and rhyme.
What is a stanza?
"The waves pound, pound, pounded against the shoreline."
What is repetition?
A 3 line poem with a total of 17 syllabus. This poem follows a 5-7-5 pattern.
What is haiku poetry?
Cuddly
Acrobatic
Tenacious
Softly purring
What is an acrostic poem?
"Shining, Shimmering, Splendid."
-A Whole New World from Aladdin
What is alliteration?
A figure of speech in which objects are given human qualities.
What is personification?
"The firefly's light shone brighter than the sun."
What is hyperbole?
This poem consists of 5 lines. The first line is the topic of the poem and each line describes it.
What is cinquain poetry?
Trees
The trees
Keep me free,
As I walk around
To let my soul flow
f
r
e
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l
y
In the breeze
What is a concrete or shape poem?
"Love is an open door."
-Love is an Open Door from Frozen
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech comparing two things by stating that one thing is another thing.
What is a metaphor?
What is onomatopoeia?
Poetry that does not have a rhyme scheme or a consistent pattern.
What is free verse poetry?
Like a bird
In the sky
Looking down
At the ground
See the town
-Sam O'Neil
What is a free verse poem?
"More to do that can ever be done."
-Circle of Life from The Lion King
What is a hyperbole?