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Vocabulary-Figurative Language and Poetry Terms

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Figurative Language and Poetry Terms

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paragraph:story  ::  ____________________: poem

A  verse

B  sentence

C  stanza

D  refrain

Words that appeal to the reader's senses and create word pictures

A  personification

B  imagery

C  imagination

D  metaphor

Her eyes are blue like the ocean.  This is an example of ____________________________________.

A  alliteration

B  metaphor

C  personification

D  simile

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

A  alliteration

B  simile

C  hyperbole

D  repetition

a type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects

A  short story

B  poetry

C  dramatic plays

D  novels

words are used in an imaginative way to create ideas that are not literally true

A  personification

B  figurative language

C  imagery

D  hyperbole

My sister ate 100 gallons of cookie dough ice cream when her special someone broke her heart.

A  metaphor

B  personification

C  imagery

D  hyperbole

My computer growled at me when I hit the wrong button.

A  metaphor

B  simile

C  personification

D  hyperbole

The German Shepard (dog) was lightning fast.

A  simile

B  metaphor

C  personification

D  onomatopoeia

the use of words whose sounds echo their meaning

A  simile

B  metaphor

C  onomatopoeia

D  alliteration