Poetry 1
"as I sprint like a cheetah from base to base." is an example of
What is a Simile?
"Boom! Wham! Pow!" is an example of
What is Onomatopoeia?
"I had a billion things to do for homework!" is an example of
What is a Hyperbole?
This is a group of lines in a poem.
What is a Stanza?
We took a look. We saw a Nook. On his head he had a hook. On his hook he had a book. On his book was "How to Cook."
- Dr. Seuss
This is an example of
What is a Rhyme?
The feeling a reader gets from a text when reading
What is Mood?
This is the main message or idea of a poem.
What is Theme?
"But oh heart! Heart! Heart!" is an example of
What is Repetition?
"My heart shattered into pieces" is an example of
What is a Metaphor?
This in poetry makes up a stanza.
Hint: Think how many ______ are there in a stanza
What is a Line?
This is where one line ends in a poem and another line begins.
What is a Line break?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of
What is Alliteration?
An old silent pond.
A frog jumps into the pond,
Splash! Silence again.
This is an example of
What is a Haiku?
"The sun was a burnt orange as it slipped behind the horizon, ending the day the way it began, dark." is an example of
What is Imagery?
This is the attitude of feeling an author creates in their writing.
What is Tone?
Giving things that are not human, characteristics of a human
What is Personficiation?
"The cactus was as irritated as Mr. Whirtley." is an example of
What is Personification?
"Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me"
-Emily Dickinson
Personification
"Nick's noble naming nomination is the next new years." is an example of
What is Alliteration?
This is when a figure of speech has two opposite things next to one another.
Ex. "Jumbo shrimp" or "Bittersweet"
What is an Oxymoron?
This is a poem that does not have any form or rhyme.
What is Free verse?
This is considered the voice of a poem in poetry.
What is The speaker?