Definitions
This word is used to describe the use of the 5 senses in poetry to create meaning.
What is "Imagery"?
These are the five senses.
What is "Sight, Smell, Touch, Taste, and Hear"?
True or False: The following line is a metaphor:
"As bright as the sun."
False
This is what life is compared to in Mother to Son
What is "A crystal stair"?
This poetic device is represented in the following line:
"Her meteoric mastery of meticulous miming miffed me"
What is "Alliteration?"
This word is used to describe the voice of the poem.
What is "The Speaker"?
This sense is evoked when looking at colors, shapes, or other physical adjectives.
What is "Sight"?
True or false: the following line is a metaphor:
"I hate how the whirlwind of a schedule left me disoriented."
This is the major metaphor in The Road Not Taken.
What is "Two roads diverged"?
This poetic device is represented by the following lines:
"Skillfully, he clutched in his palm the orange
With a targeted throw, it was caught in the door hinge"
What is "Rhyme" or "Near rhyme"?
What is "Tone"?
This sense is evoked through a whistle
What is "Sound" or "Hearing"?
A metaphor is found by comparing these two words in this line (What is the comparison in this line?):
Me without you
is like a book without words
What is "A book without words" and "me without you"?
This what Mother to Son and The Road Not Taken have in common.
What is "They talk about life"?
This poetic device is determined when considering what is said in a poem and how it makes readers feel.
What is "Mood"?
This word describes a direct comparison.
What is "Metaphor"?
This sense is evoked through words such as "Pain," and "Soft,"
What is "Touch"?
A metaphor is found by comparing these two words in this line (What is the comparison in this line?):
Finally free, the butterfly sheds light on situations that the caterpillar never considered, ending the internal struggle
Although the butterfly and caterpillar are completely different, they are one and the same."
What are "Butterfly" and "Caterpillar"?
This historic figure was the inspiration behind Caged Bird
Who is "Malcolm X"?
These poetic devices are exemplified in these lines:
"He spoke to me quietly
He speaks to you loud
He will speak to the people
He will speak to a crowd"
What are "Repetition" and "Rhyme"?
This word describes the events that take place or could take place in a poem.
What is "Situation"?
These following senses are evoked in the following line:
"The glossy paper sliced my finger as a familiar aroma wafted in the air."
What is "Sight, Feel, and Smell"?
These two metaphors in this line has these two word pairs being compared to one another:
"Minnie was a lioness stalking her prey, the last croissant sat on the tray steaming as she approached slowly."
What are "Minnie and a lioness" and "The last croissant and prey"?
This is the theme for Caged Bird
Determined by teacher review of answer
This poetic device is the only one that is not imagery, rhyme, or metaphor determined in this poem (hint:it is not referenced in the other examples in this category):
Did you hear about the rose that grew
from a crack in the concrete?
Proving nature's law is wrong it
learned to walk with out having feet.
What is "Situation"?