Identify the Language
The waves winked in the sunlight.
What is personification?
This is a large exaggeration.
Why is hyperbole?
The use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word.
What is alliteration?
A short reference to something historical or literary.
What is an allusion?
Where a line ends in poetry
What is a Line Break?
My backpack weighs a ton.
What is hyperbole?
This is a comparison between two unlike things that doesn't use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
The repetition of similar-sounding words, occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs.
What is rhyme?
The repetition of words or a phrase at the end of a sentence.
What is epistrophe?
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
We wear the mask.
What is a metaphor (extended metaphor)?
Using figurative language in a way that appeals to our five senses.
What is imagery?
A poetic device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable.
What is repetition?
A comparison that lasts through multiple lines or an entire poem.
What is an extended metaphor?
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
The rumbling sound
Of load on load of apples coming in.
What is imagery?
A thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes.
What is personification?
The poetic device that is a series of long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables, particularly in verse form.
What is rhythm?
Attributing human emotions to an inanimate object.
What is pathetic fallacy?
The beat of a poem.
What is meter?
How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee
What is a simile?
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
These two devices are types of repetition.
What is anaphora and epistrophe?
Language that is used to convey something that is different from the literal dictionary definition.
What is figurative language?
A specific type of poem consisting of 14 lines, a specific rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?