Figurative Language
"She is cute as a button"
Simile
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
Stanza
Giving human characteristics or traits to an animal or other non-human object or concept
Personification
"From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favour fire"
- Robert Frost
Rhyme
What is the main message or idea of a poem called?
Theme
"Boom! Wham! Pow!"
Onomatopoeia
What is the point where one line ends in a poem and another line begins called?
Line break
What does the poet mean when describing the second road as "grassy and wanted wear?"
That is was less traveled or more untouched than the first road
What is imagery that has to do with touch, taste, smell, sight or sound?
"But oh heart! Heart! Heart!" is an example of which type of language element?
Sensory details
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of which type of figurative language?
Alliteration
"I had a billion things to do for homework"
Hyperbole
What is the pattern of rhyme in a poem called?
Rhyme scheme
In "I'm Nobody Who Are You?" why does the speaker compare Somebody to a frog?
Because when you are Somebody you will be in the public eye, like a frog is when they are in the bog
"But oh heart! Heart! Heart!" is an example of which type of language element?
Repetition
The emotions a text evokes in the reader
Mood
When they broke up with me, my heart was a shattered picture frame.
Metaphor
What is a poem that does not have any form or rhyme called?
Free verse
A device that suggests or warns about events to come
Foreshadowing
Figurative language that creates a picture in the reader's mind is called...
Imagery
Expresses a writer's attitude (or thoughts and feelings) toward his or her subject
Tone
What is it called when a figure of speech has two opposite things next to one another?
Ex. "Jumbo shrimp" or "loving hate"
Oxymoron
What is the rhyme scheme of these lines?
Ex. "The people along the sand
All turn and look one way.
They turn their back on the land.
They look at the sea all day." - Robert Frost
ABAB
A situation in which there is a contrast between what is expected and reality
Irony
In addition to word choice, what other devices can an author use to express meaning in a poem?
Italics, bolded words, punctuation marks, etc.
THe voice of a poem, similar to a narrator in a story, is called...
The speaker