Poetry Sound Devices
Retort
The People, Yes
Participial & Infinitive Phrases
Bonus!
100

slithering snakes sneaked into the sea

What is alliteration?

100

The name of the speaker's beloved/sweetheart.

Who is Phyllis?

100

The way the Native American reacted in the poem.

What is humbly, wisely, with knowledge, etc.

100

A participial is a ____ that acts like a ____.

What is a verb that acts like an adjective?

100

A poem is usually organized into ______

What is stanzas?

200

This sound device repeats consonant sounds at the ends of syllables with different vowel sounds

What is consonance?

200

The circles in the poem represent this.

What is knowledge/intelligence?

200

One who believes he is more intelligent than the other in the poem "The People, Yes."

Who is "the white man"?

200
An infinitive phrase is the word "to" + ____

What is a verb?

200

If a syllable is "stressed" it means that it has ___ (emphasis/ no emphasis)__

What is emphasis? (more sound on it)

300

Pebbles resting in wet sand

What is assonance?

300
The pattern of rhyme used in "Retort."

What is rhyme scheme? AABAB / CCDCD

300

The type of poetic structure that is used in "The People, Yes."

What is free verse?

300

What sentence contains the infinitive phrase?

She told her mom to call her.

To Jenn, the Superbowl was boring.

I said good morning to my students.


What is She told her mom to call her.

300

The word "captain" has 2 syllables. Which syllable is stressed in this word?

"Captain" 

What is "cap"-the first syllable?

400

This type of written poetry (either rhyme scheme or free verse) makes the poem more conversational and story-like

What is free verse?

400

The type of conflict the speaker experiences.

What is internal conflict; conflict between logic and emotions?

400

The immense ring in "The People, Yes" represents this:

What is "the limits of human knowledge/capabilities."

400

What is the participial phrase?

Eating healthy, Craig got in great shape.

What is eating healthy?

400

A stanza can also be called a ____

What is a verse?

500

A pattern in rhyme is called this:

What is rhyme scheme?

500

The overall meaning/theme of the poem.

What is "love does not always think logically/correctly."

500

The poem's overall meaning/message

What is: humans, no matter differences in race, beliefs, or other defining factors, are all together limited in their knowledge. 

500

What does the participial phrase modify?

Eating healthy, Craig got in great shape.

What is Craig?

500

If free verse is more conversational, then having a rhyme pattern/scheme is more ____.

What is formal?

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