Poetry

Question 1

What is a simile?

Answer 1

Similes are a way of describing one thing as being like another, using the words “like” or “as”.

Question 2

What is personification?

Answer 2

Giving human like traits to an object. Like pronouns “he” and “she” or things like it walked, felt or imagined.

Question 3

What is an adjective?

Answer 3

A describing word. Like the green bus or the floral skirt.

Question 4

What is alliteration?

Answer 4

A sentence where most of the words begin with the same sound like:
“She sells sea shells by the sea shore.”

Question 5

What is assonance?

Answer 5

The religion of a vowel to create sound effects. Like “Glee, breeze, freeze.”

Question 6

What is a Metophor?

Answer 6

When you say one thing is like another. For example “run like the wind”.

Question 7

What is onomatopoeia?

Answer 7

The echo and intimidation of natural objects like “bang” “crash” or “buzz”.

Question 8

What is hyperbole?

Answer 8

A figure of speech which is exaggerated to create effect or emphasis. Often used by people to make something seem more challenging than it actually was. Like “It’s 1000 degrees.”

Question 9

What is SPAAAMOH?

Answer 9

S - Simile
P - Personification
A - Adjective
A - Alliteration
A - Assonance
M - Metophor
O - Onomatopoeia
H - Hyperbole