Figurative Language and Poetry
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- Q1Language that appeals to the readers' sense of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.Imagery30s
- Q2Direct comparison of unlike things (NOT using "like" or "as")Metaphor30s
- Q3A comparison that gives human qualities to an object, animal, or idea.Personification30s
- Q4The repetition of the same sounds at the ends of wordsRhyme30s
- Q5The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poemRhythm30s
- Q6Compares two unlike things using like or asSimile30s
- Q7The message or lesson about lifeTheme30s
- Q8The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.Alliteration30s
- Q9Exaggerated statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literallyHyperbole30s
- Q10The use of words that imitate sounds or noisesOnomatopoeia30s
- Q11a common expression that is not meant to be taken literallyIdiom30s
- Q12words or expressions whose meaning is different than the literal meaningFigurative language30s
- Q13A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraphstanza30s
- Q14A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story using lines and stanzaspoetry30s
- Q15
Language that includes descriptions of the five senses
Sensory Language
30s