Sound Devices
What is the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words somewhat close together?
Alliteration
What is a comparison using "like" or "as"?
Simile
Name the figurative language. "You’re as sweet as sugar."
Simile
What is the way a poem is divided or spaced?
Line Breaks/White space
Give an example of an onomatopoeia.
Examples: boom, pop, swish, bang
What is a comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Name the figurative language. "That student is a walking dictionary."
Metaphor
What is a "paragraph" in a poem?
Stanza
What is a word that has the same sound it is describing, like pop, pow, or bang?
Onomatopaeia
What is giving human characteristics to a non-human thing?
Personification
Name the figurative language. "I have a million things to do today!"
Hyperbole
What is a choral poem?
A poem that is read with more than one voice
What is a set of words that have the same end sound?
What is an exaggeration for effect?
Hyperbole
Name the figurative language. "Snap, crackle, pop!"
Onomatopoeia
What is it called when one or more words are repeated?
Repetition
Give an example of two rhyming words.
Example: cat/hat
What is a group of words that have a different meaning when put together?
Idiom
Name the figurative language. "Sally sells seashells by the seashore."
Alliteration
Literal or nonliteral?
Talking my head off
Worked my tail off
Cried my eyes out
Nonliteral