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Figurative Language
Creative Writing
Sound Devices
Elements of Poetry
Miscellaneous
100
Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
100

Onomatopoeia

Did it make a sound?

100
The repeating of beginning consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
100
Name the rhyme scheme My cat is gray. My cat is fat. My cat is cute. I like my cat.
What is a b c b?
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

Imagery

I hope I could see, touch, taste, or smell it.

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

A pattern of rhythm in a poem with repeating vowel sounds

What is assonance?

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

Simile

Did you compare using like or as?

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
Prose have sentences, poetry has _______.
What is a line?
300
Imagery depends on the author or poet focusing strongly on our _______________.
What are the five senses?
400

"I waited so long that time itself began to hesitate."

What is Hypoerbole?

400

Symbolism

Did you give me a symbol and explain what it could stand for

400

When two words rhyme what is something that they have in common?

What is that they sound the same?

400
The lines in a poem are arranged into groups. These lines are not called paragraphs. They have a specific poetry term.
What is a stanza?
400
"Laughter is the music of the soul." What type of figurative language is this?
What is a metaphore?
500
Something that represents or stands for something else.
What is a symbol?
500

Metaphor

Compare something but you better not use like or as

500
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
500

When the ends of each line in a poem follow a particular pattern. a a b b

What is rhyme scheme?

500

What device is this, and explain the 2 instances of it: the city exhaled as the lights flickered on, relieved to be seen after dusk

What is a Personification? The city cannot exhale as it does not breathe or be relieved