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  • What is the meaning of the following idiom?
    To die
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: I suppose that having trees and plants on our planet is kind of important.
    Understatement
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: Your love pours down on me, surrounds me like a waterfall.
    Simile
  • Type of figurative language that compares 2 things but does NOT use the words "like" or "as".
    Metaphor
  • "That TV costs an arm and a leg!" is an example of which type of figurative language?
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    Understatement
    Idiom
  • Name one of the devices of Sound used in Poetry
    Rhyme, repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia
  • The use of words that appeal to your senses to create pictures in your mind.
    Imagery
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: My home is a million miles from here.
    Hyperbole
  • Type of figurative language that compares 2 things using the words "like" or "as".
    Simile
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: He felt as light as a feather when she kissed his cheek.
    Simile
  • What does the idiom "in stitches" mean?
    Laughing hard
  • What is the rhyme scheme fo the following poem?
    AABA BBCB
  • What human trait is being given in this personification: When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.
    Called out
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: Now that you are in charge, you are in the spotlight.
    Idiom
  • A word or phrase that does not have it's normal everyday meaning.
    Figurative language
  • Identify the idiom in the sentence and it's meaning: Kate and Paul had been dating forever, so we knew that it wouldn’t be long until they tied the knot.
    Tied the knot - To get married
  • Repeating the CONSONANT sounds of words in a line of poetry is known as __________
    ASSONANCE
    REPETITION
    RHYME
    ALLITERATION
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us.
    Personification
  • Give an example of a metaphor involving love.
    (Answers will vary).
  • What is the rhyme scheme: Mr. Brown, the circus clown____ puts his clothes on upside down. ____He wears his hat upon his toes ____ and socks and shoes upon his nose.____
    AABB
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: So maybe jumping out of an airplane without a parachute wasn't the best idea.
    Understatement
  • "Someone tossed a pancake. A buttery buttery pancake. Someone tossed a pancake and flipped it up so high." What form of sound is this line?
    Repetition
  • A group of lines of verse forming one of the units of a poem or song
    Stanza
  • Give me an example of onomatopoeia involving an animal.
    Meow, ruff ruff, quack, hee haw....
  • Type of poetry in which the words of the poem are arranged to form the shape/image of the poem's subject.
    Concrete poem
  • Pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each line of poetry, using the letters of the alphabet (A, B, C, D..) to keep track.
    Rhyme scheme
  • Give an example of a HYPERBOLE involving LOVE
    (ANSWERS WILL VARY)
  • What does the idiom "take it with a grain of salt" mean?
    Don't take it seriously.
  • Peter Piper Picked a Pack of Pickled Peppers is an example of ____________
    RHYME
    ASSONANCE
    REPETITION
    ALLITERATION
  • What is the flow of beats in a poem called?
    Rhythm
  • An expression whose meaning cannot be understood based on the definition of the individual words.
    IDIOM
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: This car goes faster that the speed of light!
    Hyperbole
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: Her voice is music to his ears.
    Metaphor
  • What are the 4 elements of poetry?
    Rhythm, sound, imagery, and form
  • Statements that make something seem smaller, less important, or less good than it really is.
    Understatement
  • a statement about something that makes it seem bigger or greater than it really is.
    HYPERBOLE
  • Words that end with the same vowel sound?
    Rhyme
  • Giving human traits and feelings to things that are not human or alive.
    Personification
  • What is being personified in the sentence: "Time crawled as Tim sat in the hot detention room painfully watching the clock tic."
    Time
  • Using the SYMBOLIC or HIDDEN meaning of words to understand.
    FIGURATIVE
  • Using the BASIC meaning of words to understand.
    Literal
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
    Personification
  • Give an example of a simile for a car being fast
    (Answers will vary)
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: My mother told my sister and me to quit fighting and bury the hatchet.
    Idiom
  • What is an artistic type of writing that attempts to stir a reader's imagination and emotions?
    Poetry
  • What type of figurative language is this sentence: The pillow was a cloud when I lay my head upon it after a long day.
    Metaphor
  • What is the rhyme scheme: I had a rose. _____ It felt like love. _____ It tickled my toes. _____ Soft as a dove, _____ Tickling my nose. _____ Born of June, _____ Under the moon. _____
    ABABACC
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