Definitions FL
What is imagery or sensory details?
This silly word mimics the word it is.
What is onomatopoeia?
Name one poet.
Who is ???
The fog comes on little cat feet.
It sits looking over the harbor and city.
On silent haunches.
And then moves on.
What is personification?
Every member of your group should be able to use internal rhyme for the word (cat).
EXAMPLE: The flag started to wag.
Finding a blue flower is important to you.
Great job!
Daily Double!!!
1 - a direct comparison between two unlikely items that uses like or as
2 - am implied comparison between two unlikely items that doesn't use like or as
What is a simile and metaphor?
Alliteration is the repetition of this sound.
What is a consonant?
Explain why poetry is hard. (Boring is not an answer.)
What is ?
Name the figurative language (not sound technique) that is mostly used.
At last the garbage reached so high that it finally touched the sky
And all the neighbors moved away
And none of her friends would come to play
And finally, Sarah Cynthia Stout said
"OK, I'll take the garbage out!"
But then, of course, it was too late
The garbage reached across the state
From New York to the Golden Gate
And there, in the garbage she did hate
What is hyperbole?
Say this sentence 3 times fast and tell me what kind of sound technique this is.
I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen
Great job!
What is alliteration?
A concrete object that represents an abstract idea.
What is symbolism?
Define rhythm.
What is the beat of poetry?
Name the poet of "Theme for English B" that we read in Unit 1.
Who is Langston Hughes?
Explain the effect of the personification on this poem.
The wind stood up and gave a shout.
He whistled on his fingers and
Kicked the withered leaves about
And thumped the branches with his hand
And said that he'd kill and kill,
And so he will and so he will.
What is it helps create the violent mood?
Name a symbol that you might find in an action, horror, or romance film and explain what it means.
What is ?????
A popular saying that connects to a particular culture or religion. It must be memorized and you cannot infer its meaning through context.
What is an idiom?
The type of rhyme where the middle word rhymes with the end word.
What is internal rhyme?
Name the poem that Edgar Allan Poe wrote that made him famous.
What is "The Raven?"
The purpose of this type of sound technique is to create a musical quality and to share emotions.
What is alliteration?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Name an allusion and tell me which type of allusion it is: historical, Biblical, cultural, or literary.
What is great job!
Define allusion including the four categories.
What is a well-known reference that focuses on literature, culture, Biblical, or historical?
Define rhyme scheme.
What is an alphabetical pattern of external rhyme words?
You read a line from a famous Eminem song. Name that song.
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs
What is "Lose Yourself?
Identify the tone (the writer's attitude about poetry) of this poem.
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
or walk inside the poem’s room
and feel the walls for a light switch.
I want them...
waving at the author’s name on the shore.
But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.
What is sad, regretful, frustrated, etc?
Identify 4 of the six types of poetic techniques. (RHYME SCHEME IS NOT ONE OF THEM)
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
What is rhythm, external rhyme, alliteration, imagery, repetition, and metaphor?