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Figurative Language
Types of Poems
Sound Devices
Miscellaneous
100
Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
100
A type of poem that does not contain meter or a rhyme scheme.
What is free verse?
100
The repeating of beginning consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
100
swat, thump, buzz, kerplunk - special types of words
What is onomatopoeia?
200
"The road was a ribbon stretching across the desert." This is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is a metaphore?
200

A type of poem that uses already existing text, but then uses a marker to cross out certain words and leave others open to make the lines of a poem

What is a blackout poem?

200
A sound, a word, or a phrase that is used more than once throughout the poem is a technique called..
What is repetition?
200
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."
What is a simile?
300
"The lightening danced across the sky." This is an example of what?
What is personification?
300
Thick blankets of snow. Snuggling the flowerbeds. with a winter wrap.
What is a Haiku?
300
The repetition of words at the ends of lines that have the same vowel and consonant sounds - for example (phone, tone)
What is rhyming?
300
Imagery depends on the author or poet focusing strongly on our _______________.
What are the five senses?
400
Language that is used for clarification and is not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language?
400
This poem expresses the thoughts and feelings about one idea. The language used in the poem is usually very musical.
What is a lyric poem?
400
The beat created by the use of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is rhythm?
400

"Laughter is the music of the soul." What type of figurative language is this?

What is a metaphor?

500

Something that represents or stands for something else. An example is a dove which means peace.

What is a symbol?

500
A visual image is created using the words of a poem.
What is a concrete poem?
500
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
A type of Japanese poetry that is made up of three lines which follow the pattern of 5, 7, 5 syllables
What is a Haiku?