Poetry Terms Practice

Figurative language is a tool that authors use, especially poets, to help readers visualize and think about something in a different way. It is not meant to be taken literally, but usually is used to bring up some idea, feeling, or image in a reader's mind. See if you can identify some of these examples of figurative language from a variety of poems, and the other poetic tools or devices that many poets use.

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"The cup danced joyfully across the table." This line has an example of which type of figurative language?

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"Pink and purple popsicles" This line uses what type of figurative language?

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"Cathy is as cute as a kitten." This line uses what form of figurative language?

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"The city was a jungle" This line uses what form of figurative language?

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"His heart was a block of ice" This line uses what form of figurative language.

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"It took Thomas a million years to finish his homework." This line has uses what form of figurative language?

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"The lucky lady led the way." This line uses what kind of figurative language?

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What consonant letter sound is repeated in the line: "The lucky lady led the way"

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Dreams
Langston Hughes, 1902 - 1967
Hold fast to dreams 
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

What is the MOOD you think the author wants us to feel reading this first stanza of the poem "Dreams"? (Notice how he describes unfulfilled dreams) 

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When the writer writes that the safety pin is "sleeping on its side quietly" when it's closed, what figurative language is the writer using?

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This detail that compares an open safety pin to the tail of a thin shrimp is a type of figurative language called what?

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What can these splinters and tacks symbolize?

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What's a possible theme (statement) for this poem?

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"Teacher, preacher" has a repeating long e vowel sound. This is an example of what type of figurative language?

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"The cup danced joyfully across the table." This line has an example of which type of figurative language?

"Pink and purple popsicles" This line uses what type of figurative language?

"Cathy is as cute as a kitten." This line uses what form of figurative language?

"The city was a jungle" This line uses what form of figurative language?

"His heart was a block of ice" This line uses what form of figurative language.

"It took Thomas a million years to finish his homework." This line has uses what form of figurative language?

"The lucky lady led the way." This line uses what kind of figurative language?

What consonant letter sound is repeated in the line: "The lucky lady led the way"

DreamsLangston Hughes, 1902 - 1967Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. What is the MOOD you think the author wants us to feel reading this first stanza of the poem "Dreams"? (Notice how he describes unfulfilled dreams)

Dreams

Langston Hughes, 1902 - 1967

When the writer writes that the safety pin is "sleeping on its side quietly" when it's closed, what figurative language is the writer using?

This detail that compares an open safety pin to the tail of a thin shrimp is a type of figurative language called what?

What can these splinters and tacks symbolize?

What's a possible theme (statement) for this poem?

"Teacher, preacher" has a repeating long e vowel sound. This is an example of what type of figurative language?

What does this "voice" symbolize or represent?

Dreams
Langston Hughes, 1902 - 1967
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.
What is the MOOD you think the author wants us to feel reading this first stanza of the poem "Dreams"? (Notice how he describes unfulfilled dreams)