Poems
Who wrote "The Railway Train?"
Emily Dickinson
What is this an example of? The lightening danced across thy sky?
Personification
What part of speech is her?
Pronoun
People say that it's no use locking the _______ doors after the horses have escaped.
stable
What point of view is uses words like I and we?
First person
What does the author compare the train to in "The Railway Train"?
A horse
What is this an example of? He looks like a fish out of water.
Simile
What part of speech is red?
adjective
It's better to be ______ or too early than always late!
prompt
Between which two words does the comma go? Because Johnny wanted to run he joined the track team.
run he
The voice of the grasshopper and the voice of thunder is an example of what?
antithesis
What is this an example of? Tracy wanted to trounce Tommy on the tennis court
Alliteration
What part of speech is around
preposition
That dog is normally so _____ that was weird when it started barking at the man crossing the street.
docile
What word means the dictionary definition of the word?
connotation
Besides being a translation, how else is "Twelfth Song of Thunder different than every other poem we've read?
It's about nature instead of comparing nature to something else.
What is this an example of? Laughter is the music of the soul
metaphor
What part of speech is Sandy?
Noun
shanty
How are third person limited and first person similar?
They both allow the reader to know the thoughts of one person only.
Who wrote "Twelfth Song of Thunder"?
Washington Matthews
What is this an example of? You read so much that I’m about to call you Ponyboy.
allusion
What part of speech is shakily?
adverb
The _______ attitude of the opposing team was intimidating.
supercilious
He had to take _________ quantities of pain meds when he broke his leg in three places.
prodigious