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Poetry & Figurative Language
Poetry & Figurative Language
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Students match the phrase to the type of figurative language that is used.
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When I see birches bend from left and right... /I like to think some boy's been swinging them.
alliteration
onomatopoeia
allusion
metaphor
2
Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard.
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
personification
3
An allusion is...
giving human qualities to something nonhuman
comparison using like or as
words which imitates the natural sounds of a thing
making reference to a place, person, or event
4
The sun glared down at me from the sky.
allusion
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
5
Einstein said, "All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree."
alliteration
metaphor
personification
simile
6
Alliteration is...
words which imitate the natural sounds of a thing
repetition of the same sound
comparison using like or as
giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
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A metaphor is...
comparing two unlike things
giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
repetition of the same sounds
a comparison using like or as
8
He was a real Romeo with the ladies!
personification
allusion
onomatopoeia
alliteration
9
Ms. Cross said, "The recorder is like fingernails on a chalkboard."
simile
allusion
metaphor
Onomatopoeia
10
“The late afternoon sky bloomed in the window like the blue honey of the Mediterranean .”
alliteration
personification
allusion
simile
11
Shakespeare said, "All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
metaphor
alliteration
personification
allusion
12
Sara’s seven sisters slept soundly in sand.
alliteration
simile
allusion
onomatopoeia
13
She was American as apple pie.
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
alliteration
14
Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.
alliteration
metaphor
allusion
personification
15
The ocean danced in the moonlight.
allusion
metaphor
simile
personification
16
I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.
allusion
personification
metaphor
onomatopoeia
17
I thought the software would be useful, but it was a Trojan Horse.”
onomatopoeia
simile
metaphor
allusion
18
A simile is...
a comparison of unlike items
giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
a reference to a person, place, or event
a comparison using like or as
19
Because I could not stop for Death/ He kindly stopped for me
allusion
alliteration
personification
metaphor
20
Just let your feet go clippetty clop!
allusion
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
21
His temper was a volcano, ready to explode.
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
metaphor
22
Personification is...
repetition of the same sounds
making reference to a place, person, or event
giving human qualities to something nonhuman
a comparison of unlike things
23
My teacher is a dragon.
allusion
metaphor
alliteration
simile
24
And while the world laughed outside. / Cloony the Clown sat down and cried.
alliteration
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
25
Onomatopoeia is...
a reference to a person, place, or event
giving human characteristics to nonhuman items
words which imitates the natural sounds of a thing
a comparison of two items not usually compared
26
“Time has not stood still. It has washed me away, as if I’m nothing more than a woman of sand”
allusion
simile
metaphor
alliteration
27
There is one sport that makes everyone unite/ One sport that shouts; play me!
personification
allusion
metaphor
simile
28
whoosh, passing breeze; flags flutter and flap; frog croaks, babbling bubbles from tap
onomatopoeia
simile
metaphor
alliteration
