Figurative Language
What is a simile?
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the start of words
What is alliteration?
The most prominent decade in the American Civil Rights movement.
What is the 1960s?
Language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
A question asked for effect, without expecting an answer
What is a rhetorical question?
A direct comparison that says one thing is another
What is a metaphor?
Words that imitate sounds, like "buzz" or "bang"
What is onomatopoeia?
An Indigenous Australian rock band famous for their protest song 'Treaty.'
Who is Yothu Yindi?
Repeating words or phrases for emphasis
What is repetition?
A contrast between expectation and reality
What is irony?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
The repetition of vowel sounds within words
What is assonance?
A World War One soldier who wrote moving poetry about his experiences in the Trenches.
Who is Wilfred Owen?
Where an object or event is used to represent an idea or emotion.
What is symbolism?
A contradiction that reveals a deeper truth
What is a paradox?
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the end of words
What is consonance?
The core message of Macklemore's 'Hinds Hall?'
What is the liberation of Palestine.
The main idea of message of a poem
What is theme?
The use of opposites or contrast in a poem
What is juxtaposition?
A reference to another literary work, event, or figure
What is allusion?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is rhythm?
What is the point of studying texts that champion protest and change?
To develop our knowledge of world events, become engaged in important cultural discussions, to become more empathetic humans.
A repeated idea, image, or symbol in a text.
What is a motif?
A phrase that combines contradictory terms, like "deafening silence"
What is an oxymoron?