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Poetry 7th and 8th
middle school elements of poetry
Question | Answer |
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figure of speech | words or phrases that have a meaning different from the literal meaning |
figure of speech | idioms, metatphors, and similes |
literal | the exact meaning of a word or phrase |
idiom | a phrase that cannont be understood from the literal meaning |
idiom | Let's get the ball rolling. |
idiom | Keep your eyes on your own paper |
idiom | You are driving me crazy! |
simile | comparing two unlike objects using "like" or "as" |
simile | my brother eats like a pig. |
simile | You're as smart as a tack. |
simile | The clouds were as white as cotton balls. |
metaphor | comparing two unlike objects without using "like" or "as" |
metaphor | Jessica is a star. |
metaphor | My desk is a black hole. |
metaphor | The candy store is heaven. |
personification | giving human qualities to nonhuman things |
personification | The wind sung a lonely song. |
personification | The gate stood guard over the mansion. |
personification | The advertisement in the store window screamed at me. |
onomatopoeia | the use of a word to represent a sound |
onomatopoeia | slap, splash, clap, bark |
alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds close together |
alliteration | Rachel robs really radical Rambos. |
alliteration | Cara kills crafty coyotes. |
alliteration | Jacob joyfully juggles giraffes. |
rhyme | two or more words that end with the same sound. |
rhyme | read and seed |
stanza | a group of lines in a poem or song that is separated from the rest of the poem or song |
hyperbole | an exaggeration used to make a point |
hyperbole | We walked a million miles today. |
hyperbole | I am dying of boredom. |
hyperbole | I am so hungry I can eat a horse. |
free verse | poetry that does not use patterns, such as stanzas or rhyme |
imagery | creating pictures with words |
imagery | using the five senses to create visual images |
haiku | a three-line poem, usually about nature; the first line is 5 syllables, the second line is 7 syllables, the third line is 5 syllables |
haiku | black rich dirt fills pot sunlight streams in window pane flower needs water |