An example of a poetic device from the poem Telephone conversation:
Red booth.
Red pillar-box.
Red double-tiered
Omnibus squelching tar.
What is imagery?
100
A poet who wrote a satire about a telephone conversation with a prejudice British woman.
Who is Wole Soyinka?
100
poem that expresses an emotion of idea.
What is a lyrical poem?
100
written or spoken words that express an emotion or idea, sometimes with a specific rhythm.
What is poetry?
200
A poetic device: floating out, past the driveway, past the gates, in the black Ford, Papi grim at the wheel, winding through back roads, stroke by difficult stroke
What is metaphor?
200
words or phrases that are repeated
What is repetition?
200
A poet who wrote and anthology called: 20 Love Poem and One Song of Despair.
Who is Pablo Neruda?
200
a poetic form has 3 lines, and is often inspired by nature.
What is a haiku?
200
a group of poetic lines, similar to a paragraph on prose.
What is a stanza?
300
I wandered lonely as a cloud
What is an example of simile?
300
repetition of initial consonant
sounds (ie. Many men moved)
What is alliteration?
300
A poet who was an ambassador from Mexico.
Who is Octavio Paz?
300
What is a poem that has the same elements as a story.
What is a narrative poem?
300
Language used to expresses an idea in a vivid and imaginative way.
What is figurative language?
400
use of words of phrases that sound
like the things to which they refer
(buzz, hiss, bang)
What is onomatopoeia?
400
a pattern of beats or stresses in a line of verse
What is rhythm?
400
This poet wrote a poem about her escape from the Dominican Republic.
who is Julia Alverez?
400
a poem that describes the world that surrounds the speaker.
What is a descriptive poem?
400
What is a genre of poetry that uses humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc.
What is satire?
500
a great exaggeration used to give a statement impact or emphasis.
What is hyperbole
500
a poem , "The Street," the author compares a street to life's struggles.
What is metaphor?
500
A poet who wrote poetry to inspire people to fight against British imperialism.
Who is Tagore?
500
A poetic form that has no specific structure.
What is free verse?
500
ASL POETRY is a vibrant three-dimensional art form where body movements convey meaning.