Device Definitons
Device Examples
Name the title and poet
Poet-whats the title?
Title-whats the poet?
100
the repeation of the first sounds or consonant in words close together
What is Alliteration
100
Blind as a bat
What is Simile
100
But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st; So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee
What is Shall I compare thee to a summers day? William Shakespeare
100
William Shakespeare
What is Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day? & My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun.
100
Anthem for Doomed Youth
What is Wilfred Owen
200
when a words pronunciation imitates its sound
What is Onopatopoeia
200
Buzz, Zip, Bang, Woof!
What is Onomatopoeia
200
Charging an army while All the world wonder'd: Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack & Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke,
What is Charge of the Light Brigade. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
200
Tupac Shakur
What is Lady Liberty Needs Glasses
200
Shall I compare thee to a Summers Day
What is William Shakespeare?
300
giving lifelike qualities to inanimate objects
What is Personification
300
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
What is Alliteration
300
And so does Mrs justice by her side Both the broads r blind as bats Stumbling thru the system Justice bumped into Mutulu and Trippin on Geronimo Pratt But stepped right over Oliver And his crooked partner Ronnie Justice stubbed her big toe on Mandela And liberty was misquoted by the Indians
What is Justice Needs Glasses. Tupac Shakur
300
Alfred Lord Tennyson
What is Charge of the Light Brigade
300
Lady Liberty Needs Glasses
What is Tupac Shakur
400
exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
What is Hyperbole
400
He is a Dog
What is Metaphor
400
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires
What is Anthem for Doomed Youth. Wilfred Owen.
400
Wifred Owen
What is Anthem for Doomed Youth & Dulce Et Decorum Est
400
Charge of the Light Brigade
What is Alfred Lord Tennyson
500
a comparison that uses “like” or “as” in the description
What is Simile
500
The happy sun shone on the sad trees.
What is Personification
500
There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night -- Ten to make and the match to win -- A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in.
What is Vitai Lampada. Sir Henry Newbolt
500
W.H. Auden
What is Musee Des Beaux Arts?
500
My Mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
What is William Shakespeare
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