Poetry 101
What is a stanza?
Who is the speaker of the poem "Oranges?"
A. A drugstore worker
B. A 12 year old girl
C. A third-person narrator
D. A 12 year old boy
D. A 12 year old boy
What type of figurative language is this phrase?: The chocolate cake was begging to be eaten.
A. Hyperbole
B. Personification
C. Metaphor
D. Allusion
B. Personification.
What were the boy and girl doing in this poem?
A. Going on a date
B. Eating oranges together
C. Picking up groceries
D. Robbing a drugstore
A. Going on a date
An idea or feeling invoked by another word or phrase.
What is a connotation?
Comparing two unlike things not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
What does the speaker do to impress his girlfriend?
A. Take her to a candy store
B. Buys her chocolate
C. Takes her out to dinner
D. Meets her at her house
B. Buys her chocolate
A. Metaphor
B. Alliteration
C. Simile
D. Allusion
C. Simile
What does the woman behind the drugstore counter MOST LIKELY understand?
A. The boy is afraid of dogs
B. The girl doesn't like the boy
C. The boy doesn't have enough money
D. The boy enjoys eating candy
C. The boy doesn't have enough money
An exaggerated statement meant to emphasize a point.
What is hyperbole?
A poem that celebrates a common object.
What is an ode poem?
The simile in lines 25-26 helps show that -
A. There was a lot of candy to choose from
B. The candy was watching a sports event
C. The boy was buying candy at a game
D. The drugstore only sells a few candy bars
A. There was a lot of candy to choose from
What type of figurative language is the phrase: Books are airplanes ready to take passengers to any destination.
A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Simile
D. Allusion
A. Metaphor
Which line supports the idea it was cold in the poem "Oranges?"
A. "We entered, the tiny bell bringing a saleslady down a narrow aisle of goods."
B. "Then released it to let her unwrap the chocolate."
C. "Someone might have thought I was making a fire in my hands."
D. Frost cracking beneath my steps, my breath before me, then gone."
D. Frost cracking beneath my steps, my breath before me, then gone."
A poem that features non-metrical, non-rhyming lines
What is Free Verse?
This feeling the author or poet expresses in their writing.
What is tone?
The boys attitude towards the girl could best be described as...
A. affectionate but superior
B. Passionate yet slightly jealous
C. Shy and frightened simultaneously
D. Romantic and eager to please
D. Romantic and eager to please
"My mother roared like the ocean" is this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
Which of the theme statements below, would the author of "Oranges" MOST LIKELY agree with?
A. All actions have consequences
B. Love is greater than money
C. Cold weather is the worst weather
D. Everyone should be treated the same
B. Love is greater than money
The feeling the reader gets while reading a work of literature.
What is mood?
A brief reference to another indirectly linked person, place, or piece of literature.
What is an allusion?
The type of figurative language being used in lines 50-55.
What is hyperbole?
"I peek through the cactus fence and watch the women rub oil sweeter than honey into their arms and legs" is this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
What type of figurative language can be seen on lines 44-45 in "Oranges?"
What is simile?
A situation where the reader understands what is happening in a situation, but a character in the story does not!
What is dramatic irony?