What is this device?
Moody Poems...What is the mood?
The Weird Ones
Identification
How to Read a Poem Steps
100
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
100
The sun smiled down on me as the warm breeze thawed my heart.
What is happy or joyful?
100
A word that describes a sound and also mimics the sound when the word is spoken
What is onomatopoeia?
100

The dogs prowled, looking to attack.

What is vivid word choice?

100

Identify the speaker, title, mood, and first impression of the theme.

What is paint job read?

200
She is like the sun so fair.
What is a simile?
200
Darkness filled the room and the candle flickered eerily.
What is scary?
200

The speaker talks directly to an absent person, living or dead, or even a nonexistent person 

What is apostrophe?

200

Like men, we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack.

What is poetic inversion?

200

Identify poetic tools and what lines stick out to you.

What is the "pop the hood" read?

300
Clouds are ships which sail the skies.
What is a metaphor?
300
The monkey screamed at me; he got out of his car and screamed at me!
What is funny or humourous?
300
The repetition of beginning sound in atleast 2 or more words.
What is alliteration?
300
Boom! Boom! Boom! Mr. Brown can make thunder.
What is onomatopoeia?
300

Identify overall theme and meaning.

What is mean machine read?

400

Love is like a soft cushion to sleep on while Hate is a stone.

What is juxtaposition?

400
Rain fell as I stared into the grey, dreary forest.
What is sad or depressing or dreadful?
400

Repetition of ending consonant sound

What is consonance?

400

Hey diddle diddle! The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.

What is personification?

400

Identify how the title connects to the poem.

What is "pop the hood" read?

500
"I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless."
What is assonance?
500
The day was long and hard, but I was the victor!
What is prideful, encouraging or uplifting?
500
The repetition of sounds WITHIN a word, creating lines that ALMOST rhyme...but not quite.
What is assonance?
500
Like King Arthur, he ruled with strength and wisdom.
What is allusion?
500

Identify how the form contributes to the meaning.

What is mean machine read?

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