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  • What is a single row of words in a poem called?
    Line
  • Tim was a terrifying tiger is an example of _________
    Alliteration
  • He was a tornado, whirling down the soccer field. This is an example of a ____________
    Metaphor
  • He's a vicious tiger. His claws are like knives. His eyes are like security cameras looking for trouble. Tell what poetic element is in this poem.
    Simile
  • My brother grows like a weed is an example of a ......
    Simile
  • 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
  • The tree whispered to the wind is an example of__________.
    Personification
  • What is a poem that tells a story called?
    Narrative poem
  • What sense does this poem make us use as imagery?
    Taste
  • What poetic element is found in this poem?
    Alliteration
  • A grouping of lines is called a _______________.
    Stanza
  • Boom! Thud! Pow! These words are examples of ___________ .
    Onomatopoeia
  • What is the poetic device: And the clouds exploded with rain Hyperbole
    Hyperbole
  • What poetic element is used in this poem?
    Personification
  • Which lines rhyme in the poem?
    1 and 3, 2 and 4
  • My shoes are killing me. This sentence is an example of a _______
    Hyperbole
  • What is a stanza?
    A group of lines in a poem
  • What lines rhyme in this poem?
    1,2 and 3,4
  • 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
  • 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
  • What is the use of exaggeration (usually to be funny) called?
    Hyperbole
  • What is the poetic device: These cunning cats were caught creating chaos.
    Alliteration
  • The cloud was fluffy like cotton candy. This is an example of a .....
    Simile
  • He is the apple of my eye is an example of a .....
    Metaphor