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Figurative Language
Types of Poems
Examples of F.L.
Comparisons
Figurative Language #2
100
What is personification?
Giving something non-human human qualities/characteristics
100
What is a Sonnet?
14 line poem usually about love
100
Silly Silas sailed the seven seas sipping celery soup.
Alliteration
100
What is a simile?
Comparison using the words "like" or "as"
100
What is hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration
200
What is a rhyme?
words that have the same sound
200
What is a Haiku?
Japanese poem, usually about nature. three lines. 5-7-5 syllables
200
The fly was buzzing around my head.
onomatopoeia
200
What is a Metaphor?
Comparison that doesn't use the words "like" or "as"
200
What is an idiom?
A saying that you cannot take seriously
300
What is onomatopoeia?
Sound words
300
What is a couplet?
Two lines in a poem that rhyme.
300
The lightning danced across the sky.
Personification
300
Simile or Metaphor: She is as sweet as candy.
Simile
300
What is a stanza in a poem?
It is a group of lines. Like a paragraph.
400
What is alliteration?
The repetition of consonant sounds
400
What is a free verse poem?
Doesn't have to rhyme. Usually has some rhythm or beat. Like a rap.
400
One time I paid a dime for a lime.
rhyme
400
Simile or Metaphor: He slept like a log.
Simile
400
What is imagery?
When a poet describes using all five senses.
500
What is the refrain of a poem?
The part that gets repeated. Like the chorus.
500
What is a Limerick poem?
A poem that is meant to be funny. 5 lines long. 1, 2, 5 are longer and rhyme. 3 and 4 are shorter and rhyme.
500
Quit pushing my buttons.
Idiom
500
Simile or Metaphor: The bar of soap was a slippery eel.
Metaphor
500
What is an example of an Idiom? What does it really mean?
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