Literary Device Def.
Pattern of rhyme in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
Term to describe a word or phrase written over and over again
What is repetition?
Rhyme scheme that follows no rhyming pattern
What is free verse?
And when the sun rises we are afraid
it might not remain
when the sun sets we are afraid
it might not rise in the morning
when our stomachs are full we are afraid
of indigestion
What is repetition?
What is rhythm?
A question for dramatic affect or to make a point -- without the expectation of an answer
What is rhetorical question?
Identify the rhyme scheme:
Look up, and out, beyond, surrounding clouds,
And do not in thine own gross darkness grope,
Rise up, and casting off thy hind’ring shrouds,
Cling thou to this, and ever inspiring hope:
What is A-B-A-B?
Does my sassiness upset you?
What is rhetorical question?
The act of placing two things next to each other to highlight similarities and differences
What is juxtaposition?
A direct comparison between two things
What is a metaphor?
I do not like them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
I don not like them here or there.
I do not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.
What is A-A-B-B-C-C
who were imprinted with fear
like a faint line in the center of our foreheads
What is metaphor?
What is figurative language?
A direct comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'
What is a simile?
learning to be afraid with our mother’s milk
for by this weapon
this illusion of some safety to be found
the heavy-footed hoped to silence us
What is free verse?
bright and blushing morn
What is imagery?
What is word choice?
The attitude or mood an author is conveying in their writing.
What is tone?
Identify the rhyme scheme:
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
What is A-B-C-B?
For certain as the raven-winged night
Is followed by the bright and blushing morn,
Thy coming morrow will be clear and bright;
’Tis darkest when the night is furthest worn.
What is juxtaposition?