Figurative Language
What figure of speech directly compares unalike things by stating one thing is another?
Metaphor
What sound device repeats initial consonant sounds in nearby words?
Alliteration
What is a rhyme scheme?
The ordered pattern of end rhymes in a poem (Ex: ABAB CDCD)
What is a grouped set of poem lines, often separated by a blank line?
Stanza
Longfellow writes: "The little waves, with their soft, white hands..."
What device does he use?
Personification
What device uses extreme exaggeration to emphasize a feeling or idea?
Hyperbole
What sound device repeats similar vowel sounds in nearby words?
Assonance
What is one iamb made of?
One unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
What poetic technique lets a phrase or thought continue past a line break without terminal punctuation?
Enjambment
A poet repeats “We will…” at the start of several lines. What device is used?
Anaphora
What kinds of things does a metaphor compare?
Seemingly unalike things
What is the difference between alliteration, assonance, and consonance?
Alliteration: Similar sounds at beginning of words
Assonance: Similar vowel sounds in the middle or end of a word
Consonance: Consonant sounds in the beginning or end of a word
How many poetic feet are in a line of pentameter?
5 feet (Penta = 5)
What is syntax?
The arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence or line of poetry.
What device is used in this line:
The meek sheep meet by the creek.
Assonance: Long "E" sound
What is an example of a simile?
(Varied response)
Fast as a cheetah
Give an example of anaphora.
(Varied responses)
I went to the store
I went to the library
I went to school
"The sun will rise" is an example of iambic _______.
Dimeter: 2 feet (Di = two)
What is the term for a break or pause within a line of poetry?
Caesura
The famous line by Julius Caesar is an example of what?
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
Asyndeton
Name 3 different things a poet/author can allude to.
(In other words, what are some different types of allusions?)
- Other literary works
- The Bible
- Myths
- Historical events
- Famous people
- Pop culture
Give an example of assonance.
(Varied responses)
Do you like blue? Ooo, it grew on you?
A line has three iambic feet. What is its meter called?
Iambic trimeter (Tri = 3)
WHY would a poet use POLYsyndeton (include what polysyndeton is)?
The intentional addition of conjunctions:
To add a "piling" effect
To emphasize each individual item on a list
To dramatize an amount
Identify the meter of the following line and mark the iambs:
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
Iambic tetrameter (Tetra = 4)
The woods /are love/ ly, dark / and deep