Poetry in Action
Devices/Parts/Style 1
Devices/Parts/Style 2
Figurative Language
Identify in a poem
100
If I die young, bury me in satin lay me down on a bed of roses, sink me in the river at dawn send me away with the words of a lovesong
What is Imagery?
100
The emotional response of a word outside of its literal dictionary definition
What is connotation?
100
A stanza made of only two lines
What is a couplet?
100
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'
What is a Simile?
100
Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile Whether Jew or gentile, I rank top percentile
What is Consonance, assonance, rhyme, alliteration
200
I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you. And I think to myself, 'What a wonderful world."
What is alliteration?
200
A rhythm accomplished by using a certain number of beats or syllables per line: a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is meter?
200
The ordered or free occurence of sound in poetry
What is rhythm?
200
A word that imitates sound
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Laid down on a path the moon smiles and winks an eye -- new lovers, pale dim
What is personification
300
Say my name, say my name like Destiny's Child Shine bright like my girl heavenly smile -- or a suit on Steve Harvey Tight as jeans that be huggin' black hips 70s style
What is simile?
300
pattern made by a rhyme within each stanza or verse
What is rhyme scheme?
300
Poetry that does not have regular rhythm or meter
What is free verse?
300
A deliberate exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
300
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health! Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this.
What is oxymoron?
400
Fires dance in the shadows Winds whisper the trees Mama's talkin' the waters Spirit moves in all things, Spirit, she moves in all things
What is personification?
400
Two or more lines that form one of the divisions of a poem
What is a stanza?
400
The poet's central message which expresses their vision about the world
What is theme?
400
Giving human traits to non-human entities
What is personification?
400
Where true Love burns Desire is Love's pure flame; It is the reflex of our earthly frame, That takes its meaning from the nobler part, And but translates the language of the heart.
What is metaphor?
500
Baby, you're a firework! Come on, show em what you're worth Make em go "Oh, oh, oh" as you shoot across the sky Baby, you're a firework Come on, let your colors burst You don't have to feel like a wasted space
What is metaphor, onomatopoeia, alliteration, imagery and simile, assonance, consonance, repetition?
500
The repetition of beginning sounds in neighboring words
What is alliteration?
500
A form of poetry consisting of 14 lines with one specific rhyme scheme, ending in a couplet
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet
500
An object, person or event that has meaning in itself, but also deeper, emotional or figurative meaning
What is a symbol?
500
The one who stomped my heart crushed it and beats it still my favorite memory, loving companion
What is verbal irony?
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