Poetry Terms
Figurative Language Examples
Sound Devices Examples
Review of Poems
Reading Poetry
100
comparison between two dissimilar things using like or as
What is simile?
100
"Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly" is an example of this poetic device.
What is figurative language or imagery?
100
"Celery, raw Develops the jaw, But celery, stewed, Is more quietly chewed." is an example of this poetic device.
What is rhyme?
100
Life is but a toy that swings on a bright gold chain.
What is a metaphor?
100
the overall feeling the poem conveys to the reader
What is mood?
200
giving human characteristics to a non-human item.
What is personification?
200
"I left a million wrappers in one class." is an example of this poetic device.
What is hyperbole?
200
"No I do not want a kitten, No cute cuddly kitty-poo, No more long hair in my cornflakes No more ..." an example of this poetic device.
What is repetition?
200
A boy told me if he roller-skated fast enough his loneliness couldn't catch up to him. \ Hint: look at loneliness.
What is a personification?
200
How is poetry meant to be read?
aloud
300
a direct comparison between two different things
What is metaphor?
300
"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light." The "good night" represents or symbolizes this.
What is death?
300
a pattern of beats
What is rhytmn?
300
In his fevered dreams, the balloon floats to the ceiling and bumps against it, finding an opening and escapes With the of his dreams open, he sees flowers everywhere and colors and snowmen and Then he awakes in the hospital bed. With a smile.
What is an symbolism?
300
a group of lines in a poem similar to a paragraph in an essay
What is stanza?
400
when a poet taps into your 5 senses
What is imagery?
400
"Out of reach, I pull out with a screech." ia an example of which poetic devices?
What is onomatopoeia or rhyme?
400
"Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers..." Use of the same consonant over and over. Is called...
What is alliteration?
400
"Trash piled to the sky" is an example of this poetic device.
What is hyperbole?
400
In a short poem, you should paraphrase every ________ or stanza to understand.
What is every line?
500
an extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
" The clouds presented a parade of animals" is an example of this poetic device.
What is imagery?
500
If only Casey could get a whack at that Whack is....
What is onomatopoeia?
500
In "Beauty and the Beast" "the clock said to Belle..." is an example of this poetic device.
What is personification?
500
When you read a long poem, you should summarize each ______________.
What is every stanza?
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