Poetry
literary devices
Oh, I get it
poet's trickery
definitions
100
TOM used his name to write an _____ poem to his squeeze for valentines.
What is an acrostic poem.
100
Man this is junk. Ms. C assigned us a thousand pages to read tonight.
What is a hyperbole.
100
I slammed my fist into the wall. Rolled my grades into a ball. Kicked my books out in the hall. Feelin so small Made my baby sister bawl. Anger is the ______ of this poem.
What is mood.
100
Love, love, love. All you need is love, love, love. The Beatles made a hit using this poet trickery.
What is repetition.
100
Verse that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker.
What is a lyric poem
200
In the sea so deep and dark, There lies and waits the great white shark. If these lines were written into a two line poem it would be a ________.
What is a couplet.
200
Look like a butterfly; sting like a bee.
What is a simile.
200
deafening silence, seriously funny, living dead are examples of _______.
What is oxymoron.
200
The mold grew cold so I was told. This line is an example of ________.
What is assonance.
200
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives a poem a rhythm.
What is meter.
300
Beowulf is an example of ________.
What is a narrative poem or epic poem.
300
Meter maids make many people mad.
What is alliteration.
300
Mother Teresa said, "If you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only love." This is an example of a _______.
What is paradox.
300
Poe mourned his "Annabelle Lee" with an _______>
What is elegy.
300
three quatrains, followed by a couplet with abab, cdcd, efef, gg rhyme scheme.
What is Shakespearean, or English sonnet
400
What has 14 lines and many were written by Shakespeare.
What is a sonnet.
400
Jimi Hendrix sang "The wind cries Mary." This is ______?
What is personification.
400
The crick of the simmering bacon snapped in the cold air, as the salty, smokey scent drifted around my head. These words are filled with _______.
What is imagery.
400
What has strong emotion, uses imagination, figurative language, stanzas, rhymes, and meter?
What is poetry
400
Any object, person, place or experience that means more than what it is.
What is symbol or symbolism.
500
What has 17 syllables and many were written by Geisha Girls?
What is Haiku.
500
"I heard the whizzing of the bullets over my head" is an example of ______.
What is onomatapoeia.
500
Having a fat P. E. teacher is an example of ________.
What is irony.
500
This narrator could be I, or you. Could be he or she depending on your ______.
What is point of view.
500
The writer's choice of words that are important to the writer's voice or style.
What is diction.
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