Poetry

Devices 1

100

The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning; they sound like what they mean (clang, buzz, meow).

What is onomatopoeia?

200

Expresses a comparison by using a word such as like or as (Mrs. Hunt eats like a horse).

What is simile?

300

The use of language in poetry that appeals to one of our five senses (sight, touch, hearing, etc.)

What is imagery?

400

The repetition of consonant sounds in several words, usually at the beginning of the words. (Example: “Harry hurried home”)

What is alliteration

500

An example of what literary term:The fog comes on little cat feet

What is metaphor?

Devices 2

100

This is an over or extreme exaggeration.

What is Hyperbole?

200

The attitude expressed toward a subject or audience (the emotion of the poem) is called the:

What is tone?

300

This is the intended feeling the reader or audience gets. 

What is Mood?

400

This is using an object, color, or thing to represent something else.

What is Symbolism?

500

This is an indirect reference to something well-known

What is an Allusion?

Examples 1

100

An example of what literary term: The boy creeps like a snail unwillingly to school.

What is simile?

200

Buzz is an example of what literary term?

What is onomatopoeia?

300

The trees are dancing in the wind.

What is personification?

400

He's so hungry he could eat a horse. 

What is Hyperbole?

500

This is an example of what literary term? Thomas took Trudy to the track.

What is an example of alliteration?

Examples 2

100

The soft green grass squished under my feet as I walked in the warm, golden sunlight. 

What is Imagery?

200

When Emily Dickenson wrote "Hope is the thing with feathers" she was using this poetic device. 

What is Metaphor?

300

Tone and Mood are best described using what type of words?

What are Adjectives?

400

He ran so fast he could've beaten even Harry Potter to the snitch! This is an example of what device?

What is an Allusion?

500

Describe the MOOD of this poem:

Maya Angelou, “Still I Rise”

“You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still, I’ll rise.”

What is resilient, powerful, confident, strong