Figurative Language
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
The imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem.
What is the speaker?
“Buzz,” is an example of this.
What is onomatopoeia?
The imagery that was in the poem, “In The Wash.”
What is the beach/sea?
Describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
Human qualities given to an animal, object, or idea.
What is personification?
The feeling that a poem creates in the reader.
What is the mood?
The occurrence of the same similar sounds at the end of two or more words.
What is rhyme?
A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature or art.
What is an allusion?
Poetry that is written to be performed.
What is slam poetry?
“The classroom is a zoo,” is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
A group of lines that usually develop one idea.
What is a stanza?
“Nothing,” “Everything,” “Nothing,” “Everything” is an example of this.
What is repetition?
An example of an allusion.
Answers will vary.
-Reference to Gone With The Wind
Shakespeare is famous for writing these.
What are sonnets?
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
A simile compares two unlike thinks using like or as. A metaphor does not use like or as.
When a poet uses figurative language it is part of their...
What is style?
Define alliteration and give an example.
What is the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words?
Imagery appeals to these.
What are the five senses?
This is another name for slam poetry.
What is spoken word poetry?
Language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning.
What is figurative language?
Name three examples of a poets form.
Answers may vary..
-# of lines in each stanza, rhyming, punctuation, indented stanzas, etc.
How many types of rhymes are there? Name them.
3. End rhyme, internal rhyme, and slant rhyme.
“Jumbo shrimp” is an example of this.
What is an oxymoron?
Define annotate.
Adding notes to a text giving an explanation or comment.