This type of poem does NOT have rhyming words at the ends of it's lines. It does NOT sound like music.
lyrical
free verse
This type of poem rhymes. It sounds like a song. It has a beat.
Lyrical
Free verse
Jimmy jumped into his Jeep and drove to Georgia.
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Simile
The lightening zapped and zipped across the sky.
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
She is as skinny as a blade of grass.
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
Her bedroom is a garbage dump.
simile
onomatopoeia
metaphor
This type of figurative language has two or more words that start with the same beginning sound.
simile
alliteration
onomatopoeia
This type of figurative language are words that imitate sounds.
onomatopoeia
alliteration
metaphors
similes
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as"
simile
metaphor
alliteration
onomatopoeia
This type of figurative language says one thing IS something else. It compares two things and does NOT use "like" or "as."
alliteration
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
Which sentence uses onomatopoeia?
Crack! My glasses broke as they dropped to the floor.
Tammy took two tricycles.
Which sentence uses alliteration?
Zebras zipped across Zimbabwe.
All fall days are great.
Which sentence is a simile?
The night sky is the bottom of the ocean.
The night sky is like the bottom of the ocean.
Which sentence is a metaphor?
Jimmy is a proud lion.
Jimmy is as proud as a lion.
Give an example of alliteration.
Answers may vary.
Give an example of an onomatopoeia word.
answers may vary.
