Terms/Definitions 1
Define "alliteration." ***
What is repetition of the same letter at the beginning of words
Define "cliche."***
What is an overused, worn-out phrase or expression.
The repetition of vowel sounds in poem text. ***
What is "assonance."
Define "metaphor." ***
A comparison of two unlike things, without using "like" or "as." ***
A word that sounds like what it means is called...? ***
What is onomatopoeia (example: Aaaaagh!!! Bow-wow, Slurp!). ***
A comparison of two unlike things or ideas using "like" or "as." ***
What is "simile."
What is a "stanza" in poetry?
What is a unified group of lines in poetry, comparable to a paragraph in prose.
Define "Slant Rhyme." ***
What is imperfect rhyme or not a perfect rhyme.
Define "free verse." ***
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme. ***
Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, often focused on nature.
What is Haiku. ***
Identify the poetry device used here: joyous sorrow (a pair of contradictory words). ***
What is "oxymoron."
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form (example: short stories, essays, non-fiction, etc.).
What is "prose."
What is a catalog poem? ***
What is a poem that is built on a list of things (example: "Daily," by Naomi Shahib Nye).
Identify the poetry device used here:
"The sun smiled at us." ***
What is personification.
Identify the poetry device used here:
She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore
What is alliteration (repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in poetry). ***
Identify the poetry device used here (2 possibilities):
He was as big as horse. ***
What is simile (a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"), or
What is hyperbole (a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion).
Identify the poetry device used here: "Whoosh! Bang! Pow!" ***
What is onomatopoeia.
Identify the poetry device used here: "She quietly closed the curtain of night."
What is metaphor (2 unlike things are being compared without using "like" or "as").
Define "narrative poem." ***
What is a poem that tells a story. ***
Identify the poetry device used here:
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers. ***
What is alliteration (repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in poetry). ***
Identify the poetry device used here:
"All the world is a stage." ***
What is a metaphor (a comparison of two unlike things or ideas without using "like" or "as").
Identify the poetry device used here: "darkest light" (a pair of contradictory words). ***
What is oxymoron.
Identify the poetry device used here:
"Watching the drama slowly unfold was like watching grass grow."
What is simile (a comparison of 2 unlike things or ideas using like or as). ***
Identify the poetry device used here (2 possible):
He drowned in a sea of grief
What is a metaphor (comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"). ***
Or what is assonance (repeition of the same or similar vowel sounds in poetry). ***
Define "lyric poem." *** (extra credit)