The following quote is an example of this type of figurative language:
"Fog hanging like old / coats"
What is a simile?
100
The repetition of consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of a series of words.
What is alliteration?
100
African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote "Mother to Son " and many other free verse poems.
Who is Langston Hughes?
100
A poet or writer's word choice is known as his/her
What is diction?
100
Which one of your teachers used to be on air radio DJ for WERS?
Ms. Stevens
200
The following quote is an example of this type of figurative language, which uses human characteristics to describe something nonhuman:
"Nor shall Death brag thou wanderst in his shade"
What is personification?
200
The following quote contains an example of this sound device which uses a repetition of vowel sounds.
“Frost cracking
Beneath my steps, my breath
Before me, then gone,"
What is assonance?
200
One of America's most beloved and widely read poets. Her poem, "Hope is the Thing with Feathers," compares hope to a bird whose song never ceases.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
200
Explain the subtext of the following opening line:
“Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair”
The speaker's life has been difficult/hasn't been easy
200
The name of Mrs. Bellini's cat is
Who is Reginald Parmesan or Reggie Parm?
300
A direct comparison that builds on one idea in many ways
For example, "Hope is the Thing With Feathers" and "Mother to Son"
What is an extended metaphor?
300
The repetition of consonant sounds occuring within or at the ends of words.
The following quote contains an example of this sound device:
"Hope is the thing with feathers"
What is consonance?
300
Modern poet who wrote “Oranges,” a poem that uses figurative language to show the beauty of first love.
Who is Gary Soto?
300
The final two rhyming lines of the sonnet are known as a
What is a couplet?
300
The following phrase is written on a banner above Mr. Villard's cabinets.
Attitude, it's the little thing that makes a big difference
400
Identify the figurative language used below:
"I wandered off by myself / into the mystical, most night air / And from time to time looked up in perfect silence at the stars"
What is imagery?
400
Sonnets use a rhythmic structure where each line has ten syllables that alternate between accented and unaccented. This is known as
What is iambic pentameter?
400
English poet who popularized the sonnet form and wrote a love poem about how his beloved was even more lovely than a summer’s day.
Who is Shakespeare?
400
The following quote is an example of this literary term which pairs two seemingly unlike or opposite ideas or images in order to create contrast: "I peeled my orange / That was so bright against / The gray of December"
What is juxtaposition?
400
Every year in May, the 7th grade goes on a special overnight field trip called _______________ _______________
What is environmental camp?
500
Identify the figurative language used in the phrase "arsenal of names"
“Seems like each school has an arsenal of names / getting updated every year”
What is a metaphor?
500
Identify the sound device in the quote below:
“Yet – never – in Extremity”
What is assonance?
500
Irish poet whose seasonal pastime poem “Blackberry Picking” uses imagery and metaphor to write about how change is bittersweet.
Who is Seamus Heaney?
500
Uisng letters of the alphabet to represent rhymes, identify the rhyme scheme of a sonnet.
A, B, A, B, C, D, C, D, E, F, E,F, G, G,
500
When Massachusetts was first settled in 1630, Medford was originally part of this Boston neighborhood.