Poetry

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

-A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared without the use of like or as.
-It says the subject is something else

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

Uses the word ‘like’ or ‘as’ to describe things because they are saying that the subject is like or as something. In other words, the subject is similar to something else.

Question 3

Imagery

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

The repetition of vowel sounds close together, between different consonants, usually in a line of poetry. Sometimes also called a “vowel rhyme”.

Question 5

Alliteration

Question 6

Onomatopeia

Answer 6

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. A word that actually looks like the sound it makes, and we can almost hear those sounds as we read.

Question 7

Hyperbole

Answer 7

Makes exaggerated comparisons for effect. Sometimes can be very funny. Often used in fairy tales and tall tales to make the story interesting.

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

A figurative language that attributes human characteristics to a creature, idea, or object.

Question 9

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 9

The ordered pattern of rhymes at thends of the lines of a poem or verse.