Figurative Language 1
What is the tone of the following stanza?
Daddy says, /"The potatoes are peppered plenty tonight, Polly,"/and/"Chocolate milk for dinner, aren't we in Clover!"/ when really all our pepper and chocolate, / it's nothing but dust."
Sarcastic
What is the tone of the following line from "Losing Livie"?
"I couldn't get the muscles in my throat relaxed enough/ to tell her how much I'd miss her." (p.9).
Sad/ choked up
What poetic device is used in the line below?
"...where the winter wheat..."(p.31).
Alliteration
What poetic device is used in the line below?
"...and all the while I glare at Ma's back with a scowl/ foul as maggoty stew."
Simile
Identify the figurative language below:
"It wasn't until the dust/ hissed against the windows..."
Personification
In the poem "Me and Mad Dog", Billie Jo describes Mad Dog in the following stanza,
"Darn that blue-eyed boy/with his fine face and his/ smooth voice, / twice as good/ as a plowboy has any right to be."
What is the tone of this stanza?
Jealousy
What is the poetic device used in the lines below?
"It wasn't until the dust turned toward the house, / like a fired locomotive..." (p. 32).
Simile
Identify the poetic device in the line below...
"How supremely/ heaven/ playing piano/ can be.
Metaphor
What type of poetry does Karen Hesse use in her novel?
Free Verse
What figurative language is shown in the line below?
"The night sky kept flashing, / lightning danced down on its spindling legs."
Personification
At the end of the poem, "Fields of Flashing Lights", the author writes...
"If he had cried, / his tears would have been mud too, / but he didn't cry. / And neither did Ma."(p.33).
Based on the quote, how would readers describe Billie Jo's parents?
Tough, stoic, proud.
Identify the poetic device used below...
"Folks sway in the/ Palace aisles/ grinning and stomping and/ out of breath, / and the rest, eyes shining, / fingers snapping, / feet tapping." (p.13).
Consonance
Why is the word 'scowl' repeated in the following stanza?
"They scowl as they pass on the street. / I'm scowling too, / but scowling won't bring the rabbits back."(P. 7).
to emphasize how unhappy everyone is.
Identify the poetic device in the following lines.
"I hollered myself red the day I was born. / Red's the color I've stayed since." (p.3).
Hyperbole
Identify the poetic device used in the following line.
"He squinted as I creaked across the wooden floor." (p.17).
Onomatopoeia
In the poem, "Rules of Dining," Billie Jo states,
"At least we got milk. Even if we have to chew it."
The tone of this line is....
Grateful