What is the use of exaggeration (usually to be funny) called?
Hyperbole
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This is an example of a ______________ poem./ The fog comes/ on little cat feet./ It sits looking/ over harbor and city/ on silent haunches/ and then moves on.
Free Verse
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He's a vicious tiger. His claws are like knives. His eyes are like security cameras looking for trouble. Tell 2 things are being compared in this poem.
Claws and knives AND eyes and security cameras
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He was a tornado, whirling down the soccer field. This is an example of a ____________
Metaphor
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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gift
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rocket
Go to first place!
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baam
Lose 25 points!
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My shoes are killing me. This sentence is an example of a _______
Hyperbole
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A grouping of lines is called a _______________.
Stanza
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He is the apple of my eye is an example of a .....
Metaphor
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monster
Reset all scores!
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fairy
Take points!
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25
rocket
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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seesaw
Swap points!
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gift
Win 5 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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baam
Lose 25 points!
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What figurative language is used in this poem? The night is a big black cat. The moon is her topaz eye, The stars are the mice she hunts at night, In the field of the sultry sky.
Metaphor
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The cloud was fluffy like cotton candy. This is an example of a .....
Simile
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What sense does this poem make us use as imagery?
Taste
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My brother grows like a weed is an example of a ......