Voacbulary 1
What is a stanza?
A paragraph or section of a poem
What figure of speech is "the sound of silence"?
Oxymoron
What is repetition?
Saying something multiple times to make an idea clearer.
What does "a vision softly creeping left it's seeds while I was sleeping" mean?
I had an idea or I dreamed an idea.
what is tone?
The attitude that someone brings to the words.
Using figures of speech like metaphors, similes, and allusions to give readers a deeper meaning in poetry.
What figure of speech is "10,000 people maybe more"
hyperbole
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two things directly without using "like" or "as"
What does "no one dared disturb the sound of silence" mean?
No one would talk about things.
What is mood?
The feeling you get from something.
What is an oxymoron?
Putting two opposite ideas together.
What figure of speech is "I walked alone along the narrow streets of cobblestone"
Imagery
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What does "silence like a cancer grows" mean?
We don't talk about things.
what is alliteration?
When multiple words start with the same consonant sounds.
What is a symbol
An object or idea that represents something else.
What figure of speech is "silence like a cancer grows"?
Simile
What is personification?
Giving non-human things human traits.
What does "people talking without speaking" mean?
That people talk without saying important things.
What is rhyme?
two or more words or phrases that end in the same sound.
What is hyperbole?
A figure of speech that makes an extreme exaggeration.
What figure of speech is "a vision softly creeping"
personification
What is meter?
The beat or rhythm of poem.
What does "and the people bowed and prayed to the neon gods they made" mean
people worship technology.
What does tenement mean?
a room in an apartment.