Figurative Language
Simile or Metaphor
Mood
Imagery
Poetry Basics
100
What type of figurative language is best used in this passage? I hear a loud ka-thumping. Rhinoceroses bumping? Or kangaroos with heavy shoes? Could elephants be jumping? I hear it through the ceiling. Alligators squealing. While prancing pigs are dancing jigs and walruses are wheeling.
Onomatopoeia
100
I am leaves of green, breathe me in.
Metaphor
100
What does mood mean in poetry?
How you feel after reading the poem.
100
What does imagery mean?
Imagery is the use of vivid descriptions to create pictures, or images, in the reader's mind.
100
Do poems always have to rhyme?
No!
200
What type of figurative language is best being used in this passage? In a house the size of a postage stamp
 lived a man as big as a barge.
 His mouth could drink the entire river
 You could say it was rather large
 For dinner he would eat a trillion beans
 And a silo full of grain,
 Washed it down with a tanker of milk
 As if he were a drain.
Hyperbole
200
I am a warm heart, helping others whenever they need it.
Metaphor
200
What is the mood of this poem? A. Funny B. Sad C. Scary D. Proud Chipmunks chatter and scurry,
 Blue jays scream and scold.
 Robins talk and gossip
 demanding their story to be told.
 Squirrels skip and box one another
 and rabbits play hop scotch.
 The games they play, the sounds they make
 Really are top notch.
Funny
200
What senses do we use to find imagery in poems?
All of them!
200
What is the name for the term that indicates paragraphs in a poem?
Stanzas
300
What type of figurative language is best used in this passage? What said the wood in the fire, To the little boy that night, To the little boy of the golden hair, As he rocked himself in his little armchair, When the blaze was burning bright? The wood cried, “See, How they’ve destroyed me!
Personification
300
DeAngelo is as quick as a jackal, dodging foes left and right.
Simile
300
What is the mood of this poem? A. Sad B. Funny C. Hopeful D. Proud They are like flashlights in the night sky; 
 God’s little helpers guiding us on our journeys. 
 Stars are as bright as a lighthouse on an icy, ocean night; 
 they are like guardians committed to bringing you home.
C. Hopeful
300
Which of these lines shows imagery? a. The railroad track is miles away b. But I see its cinders red on the sky c. Yet there isn’t a train I wouldn’t take d. All night there isn’t a train goes by The railroad track is miles away, And the day is loud with voices speaking, Yet there isn’t a train goes by all day But I hear its whistles shrieking. All night there isn’t a train goes by, Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming, But I see its cinders red on the sky And hear its engines steaming. My heart is warm with the friends I make, And better friends I’ll not be knowing, Yet there isn’t a train I wouldn’t take, No matter where it’s going.
b. I see its cinders red on the sky
300
Poetry is built upon what 3 things?
Words, Lines and Stanzas
400
What type of figurative language is best used in this passage? Whether the weather be fine Or whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold Or whether the weather be hot, We'll weather the weather Whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not.
Alliteration
400
I'm just a fool to believe in anything she needs, she's like the wind.
Simile
400
What is the mood of this poem? A. Nervous B. Loving C. Funny D. Angry Eyes like a green-yellow crayon, 
Almost as bright as a ripe orange. 
 My cat rules my heart and my actions. 
I am as a puppet on strings 
When he purrs against me 
 Like I am a warm blanket heating him in the cold.
B. Loving
400
Which of these lines shows imagery? Outside On a Rainy Afternoon a. From the windows I can see it / Rolling down the foggy glass b. But staying in today / is not what I would like to do c. Then whisper I’ll be back / Long before it’s time for bed d. “It’s time for dinner, honey!” / calls Mother from the door.
a. From the windows I can see it / Rolling down the foggy glass.
400
True or False: Poems are usually shorter than stories.
True
500
What type of figurative language is best used in this passage? The teapot sang as the water boiled 
The ice cubes cackled in their glass
 the teacups chattered to one another.
 While the chairs were passing sass 
The gravy gurgled merrily 
 As the oil danced in a pan.
 Oh my dinnertime chorus
 What a lovely, lovely clan!
Personification
500
I am a monkey, climbing, bounding, always rounding.
Metaphor
500
What is the mood of this poem? A. Funny B. Loving C. Angry D. Proud His bark breaks the sound barrier His nose is as cold as an ice box.
 A wag of his tail causes hurricanes
 His jumping causes falling rocks.
 He eats a mountain of dog food
 And drinks a water fall dry.
 But though he breaks the bank
 He’s the apple of my eye.
B. Loving
500
Which of these lines shows imagery? What the Wood Fire Said to the Boy a. I stood in the forest, a beautiful tree, and waved my branches from East to West (8) b. How they’ve destroyed me (7) c. What said the wood in the fire (1) d. To the little boy that night (2)
a. I stood in the forest, a beautiful tree, and waved my branches from East to West
500
True or False: Because poems are short they don't have a lot of details in them.
False
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