Terms
the emphasis given to a word or a syllable
Rhythm- Stress- Free Verse- Meter
Stress
giving human qualities to an inanimate object
personification
A comparison using like or as
simile
What is the type of poem that has 3 lines and a syllable pattern of 5-7-5 within the lines?
Haiku
How many types of metrical foot patterns are there?
five
a loose kind of rhythm that sounds more like natural speech than formal poetry
Rhythm- Stress- Free Verse- Meter
Free Verse
Repeating the same word or phrase is known as?
Repetition
A comparison stating that one object IS something else
metaphor
"Then he lay down
to sleep like a snow-covered road
winding through the pines older than him,..."
There is a simile here. What is being compared?
He and a road
Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
We have a pattern of stressed/unstressed. Which type of pattern is this?
Trochee
Explain the difference between internal and end rhyme
Give the definition of alliteration
same sounds at the beginning of words
Give the definition of imagery
using your 5 senses to visualize an image
Why do poets (and other authors) use repetition within a poem?
To emphasize the word or line-make it stand out
What is the pattern of spondee?
Stressed/stressed
Explain what "scanning means" in a text.
You are skimming through the text, not really reading it, but getting the gist or looking for something specific.
"A flash of smoldering flame and fire" is using which device?
NOT IMAGERY
Alliteration (flame and fire)
"outlines her mouth in Neon Pink" is connecting to which of the 5 senses
State the sense and which part is the connection
outlines-sight or touch
"Heart! We will forget him!
You and I-tonight!
You may forget the warmth he gave-
I will forget the light!
What is the rhyme scheme?
ABCB
What are the marks for stressed and unstressed?
A slash is for stressed and a u is for unstressed
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines (ABC order)
rhyme scheme
Give an example of an allusion
"Mirror, mirror on the wall-not fair"- Snow White
"I ate a spicy pepper
from my brother on a dare
The pepper caught my head on fire
and burned off all my hair."
What device is being used in this stanza?
Hyperbole
"And what a privilege to be
But the remotest Star-
For Certainty She takes Her Way
Beside Your Palace Door-
"Star and Door" are what types of rhyme?
Slant
The pattern of unstressed, unstressed, stressed is?
Anapest