Figurative Language
"Achooo, woof, pow!"
What is onomatopoeia?
A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
A single row of words in a poem.
What is a verse?
Very long narrative (story) poem that tells of the adventures of a hero.
What is an epic?
A Japanese form of poetry; one line of five
syllables; one line of seven syllables; and a
final line of five syllables.
What is a haiku?
A phrase consisting of contradictory terms for
dramatic effect. Example : larger half, wise fool, original copy
What is an oxymoron?
Determine the rhyme scheme:
"They put me in the oven to bake.
Me a deprived and miserable cake.
Feeling the heat I started to melt.
Watching the others I knew I was in trouble.
Now I felt like a bubble
What is AABCC?
Two lines that rhyme.
What is a couplet?
The repetition of consonant sounds, at any place in a verse.
What is consonance?
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep.
It was the best of times, It was the worst of times, It was the happiest of times.
What is anaphora?
A FUNNY 5-line poem, written with one couplet (two lines of poetry that rhyme) and one triplet (three lines of poetry that rhyme). The rhyme scheme (pattern) is – a a b b a.
What is a limerick?
"The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain." What type of rhyme scheme is the following?
What is internal rhyme?
A poem with 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?