Types of Poems/Literary Devices
Which type of poem is MOST LIKELY to be set to music?
A) Ballad
B) Haiku
C) Epic
D) Limerick
A) Ballad
Which type of poem is MOST LIKELY to deal with a theme from nature?
A) Haiku
B) Ballad
C) Epic
D) Limerick
A) Haiku
Richard Cory
By: Edward Arlington Robinson
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
What is the rhyme scheme for this poem?
A) ABCD
B) ABAB
C) AABB
D) ABC ABC
B) ABAB
How many lines are in this poem?
You may write me down in history.
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt.
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
4
The Prophet
By: Kahlil Gibran
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.
When you love you should not say,
‘God is in my heart,’ but rather, ‘I am in the heart of God.’5
And think not you can direct the course of love,
for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.10
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart
and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy;15
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
What does the word sufficient mean in this sentence from the passage?
A) Suffering
B) Efficient
C) Giving
D) Enough
D) Enough
What figurative language does the sentence use?
The sun danced in the sky.
Personification
The miller's wife had waited long,
The tea was cold, the fire was dead;
And there might yet be nothing wrong
In how he went and what he said:
Which stylistic or literary device does the author use in these lines?
A) Internal Rhyme
B) Alliteration
C) End Rhyme
D) Assonance
C) End Rhyme
What is the rhyme scheme?
Twinkle Twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky
AABB
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By: Mark Twain
1 You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Polly--Tom's Aunt Polly, she is--and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.
2 Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich. We got six thousand dollars apiece--all gold. It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up. Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round --more than a body could tell what to do with. The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied. But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable. So I went back.
From what point of view is this story told?
A) 1st Person
B) 2nd Person
C) 3rd Person limited
D) 3rd Person Omniscient
A) 1st Person
From "Woods in Winter"
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When winter winds are piercing chill,
And through the hawthorn blows the gale,
With solemn feet I tread the hill,
That overbrows the lonely vale.
O'er the bare upland, and away
Through the long reach of desert woods,
The embracing sunbeams chastely play,
And gladden these deep solitudes.
Where, twisted round the barren oak,
The summer vine in beauty clung,
And summer winds the stillness broke,
The crystal icicle is hung.
What is the stanza form seen in this poem?
A) Sestet
B) Cinquain
C) Quatrain
D) Octave
C) Quatrain
What figurative language is used in the sentence?
Boom! The firecracker bursts in the sky.
Onomatopoeia
The Garden
Lance Cretin
I dig the hard ground
Beneath worms and grubs I find
Twenty-five stones, round
What type of poem is this?
A) Ballad
B) Senryu
C) Limerick
D) Haiku
D) Haiku
What is the rhyme scheme?
I do not like green eggs and ham,
I do not like it Sam I am.
I do not like them in a boat,
I do not like them with a goat.
AABB
Categorize the underline words into verb or noun.
-Tom was unable to spell "terrestrial, so he lost the spelling bee.
-You may resume your game after a brief timeout.
-John is a suspect in the case, but there isn't much evidence.
-Nina sent her resume to the company, but she hasn't heard back.
-In the movie, the woman cast a spell and turned the boy into a frog.
-Anne didn't object to taking out the trash, but I could tell she was unhappy.
-The object of the game is to be the player with the most points.
-I didn't suspect that she was responsible for the broken vase.
-Tom was unable to spell "terrestrial, so he lost the spelling bee. (Verb)
-You may resume your game after a brief timeout. (Verb)
-John is a suspect in the case, but there isn't much evidence. (Noun)
-Nina sent her resume to the company, but she hasn't heard back. (Noun)
-In the movie, the woman cast a spell and turned the boy into a frog. (Verb)
-Anne didn't object to taking out the trash, but I could tell she was unhappy. (Verb)
-The object of the game is to be the player with the most points. (Noun)
-I didn't suspect that she was responsible for the broken vase. (Verb)
Categorize (separate) the sentences into Literal and Figurative Meaning.
-You look like my Aunt Linda.
-The sun smiled down on us throughout the picnic!
-Math is the worst subject.
-He has perfect vision, but he's blind all the same.
-Close that door!
-Shut your trap!
Literal: You look like my Aunt Linda. Math is the worst subject. Close that door!
Figurative: The sun smiled... He has perfect vision... Shut your trap!
What figurative language is used in the sentence?
Sally swam in the sea.
Alliteration
Untitled
Spike Milligan
A combustible woman from Thang
Exploded one day with a BANG!
The maid then rushed in
And said with a grin,
"Pardon me, madam -- you rang?"
What type of poem is this?
A) Limerick
B) Ballad
C) Epic
D) Haiku
A) Limerick
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
By: William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
The rhyme scheme of the passage is
A) ABABCD
B) AABBCC
C) ABABCC
D) ABCABC
C) ABABCC
When a stanza has 5 lines it is called a _________.
A) Cinquain
B) Quatrain
C) Sestet
D) Couplet
A) Cinquain
Categorize the details into Exposition, Rising Action, or Falling Action.
-The plot begins to complicate/twist.
-Often provides background information on the characters.
-Explains things that happen before the story begins.
-Reveals the POV
-Conflict begins to be worked out.
-Occurs after the climax.
Exposition: Background info, Explains things before the story begins. Reveals the POV.
Rising Action: Plot begins to twist.
Falling Action: Conflict begins to resolve. After the climax.
What figurative language is used in the sentence?
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
Work without Hope
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair--
The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--
And Winter slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!
And I the while, the sole unbusy thing,
Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.
Yet, well I ken the banks where amaranths blow,
Have traced the fount whence streams of nectar flow.
Bloom, O ye amaranths! bloom for whom ye may,
For me ye bloom not! Glide, rich streams, away!
With lips unbrightened, wreathless brow, I stroll:
And would you learn the spells that drowse my soul?
Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And hope without an object cannot live.
The rhyme scheme and 14 lines of this poem identify it as a(n)
A) Haiku
B) Ballad
C) Epic
D) Sonnet
D) Sonnet
What is the rhyme scheme?
I am a little teapot,
Short and stout,
Here is my handle,
Here is my spout,
When I get all steamed up,
Then I shout,
Tip me over and pour me out!
ABCBDBB
What is the difference between a Haiku and a Senryu?
Haiku is about nature. Senryu is about a silly person.
Match the terms with the description.
Terms: Falling Action, Theme, Conflict, Resolution, Climax, Rising Action
Descriptions:
-This is the part of the plot where the conflict ends.
-This is the part of the plot where the conflict and suspense build.
-This is the main problem in a literary work.
-This is the message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to convey through a literary work.
-This is the part of the plot where the conflict begins to be worked out and tensions lessen.
-This is the part of the plot where the conflict and tension reach a peak
-This is the part of the plot where the conflict ends. (Resolution)
-This is the part of the plot where the conflict and suspense build. (Rising Action)
-This is the main problem in a literary work. (Conflict)
-This is the message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to convey through a literary work. (Theme)
-This is the part of the plot where the conflict begins to be worked out and tensions lessen. (Falling Action)
-This is the part of the plot where the conflict and tension reach a peak (Climax)