Terms
Terms II
Authors
Poems
Random
100
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile
100
Words pertaining to our senses
What is imagery
100
Hymn writer and religious writer
Who is William Cowper
100
Identify the tenor and vehicle from "Mother to Son"
Tenor- Life Vehicle- Stairs/Staircase
100
The metaphor John 1 uses to describe God
What is Word (or light)
200
The thing being described in a metaphor
What is tenor
200
The image the original object is being described by in a metaphor
What is vehicle
200
Known for his jazz poetry
Who is Langston Hughes
200
What the Nightingale wanted to eat
What is a glowworm
200
Give an example of extended metaphor from the Bible
What is Psalm 23
300
Metaphor that lasts slightly longer than a sentence
What is Extended metaphor
300
A story with one or more meanings.
What is allegory
300
Other than jazz poetry, Langston Hughes was known for using this
What is dialect
300
The moral to "The Nightingale and the Glowworm"
(Answers will vary) Every one is equal in God's eyes; We all have a job here on earth
300
Term for a related thing standing for the thing itself
What is metonymy
400
Literature that addresses an absent person or object
What is an apostrophe
400
A part of something stands for the whole
What is synecdoche
400
This poet lived most of her life by herself without much contact with the outside world and dealt with depression
Who is Emily Dickinson
400
The device used by Langston Hughes when he repeated words over again in his poetry
What is anaphora
400
Author who wrote devotional poetry
Who is George Herbert
500
Type of comparison that is generally paradoxical
What is a conceit
500
An entire story with two or more levels of meaning
What is an allegory
500
Who was William Cowper friends with according to our book?
Who is Isaac Watts
500
Explain the paradox: "Stronger by weakness, wiser men become"
Answers will vary
500
Explain how dialect affected Mark Twain's writing from our book
Answers will vary
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