Figurative Language
A comparison of two things using 'like' or 'as'
what is a simile?
What is a stanza?
The first paragraph in an essay
What is an introduction?
What is " I am Offering this Poem"?
The way the speaker's voice sounds
What is the tone?
When a numerous words at the beginning of a line are repeated
What is anaphora?
Another word for the choice of words used by the poet
What is diction?
What is an thesis statement?
"I'se Still goin', honey'
What is "Mother to Son"?
The overall message conveyed in the poem
What is a theme?
A direct comparison
What is a metaphor?
A four lined stanza is called a _______
What is a quatrain?
First line of every body paragraph
What is a topic sentence?
"Mother to Son" is a ____________ because it has the speaker talking directly about how she thinks and feels.
What is a dramatic monologue?
He was a important voice in the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes?
A well known reference integrated into the poem through a name or word, without further explanation
What is allusion?
The continuation of a line to the next line or next stanza
What is enjambment?
The topic sentence must connect directly to the _____.
What is a thesis statement?
"Just like moons and like suns,/ and the certainty of tides," is what kind of imagery?
What is nature / celestial imagery?
A poem that doesn't have any set rhyme scheme or consistent metre
What is free verse?
The repetition of the initial sounds of words throughout a line or over numerous lines
What is alliteration?
The poems narrator
What is the speaker?
Your final paragraph in an essay
What is a conclusion?
"Out of the huts of history's shame" uses ________ .
What is alliteration?
What is personification?
When a metaphor extends to multiple lines or throughout a poem
What is an extended metaphor?