Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Identifying Figurative Language
Identifying Sound Devices
Random
100
A group of lines that are a unit in a poem
Stanza
100
A poem that takes on the shape of its subject.
Concrete
100
In an excerpt from the poem "The Base Stealer" by Robert Francis the following line reads, "Now bouncing tiptoe like a dropped ball" This given line contains what figurative language device?
Simile
100
Th
The line "We know winter has ended" is an example of what?
Refrain
100
On what page of your poetry packets do you see the song "Firework" by Katy Perry?
Page 14
200
A single line in a poem
Verse
200
A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
Haiku
200
What does the wild rose briar symbolize in this poem?
Love/Passion
200
In the poem "Dreams" by Langston Hughes the following line reads "That cannot fly" (line 4). What two sound devices are being used in this line?
Assonance and consonance
200
Who wrote the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
Robert Frost
300
Refers to the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story.
Mood
300
Is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization.
Sonnet
300
Where is there an example of personification in this poem?
"The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls" (line 4).
300
In an excerpt from "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe the following line reads, "How they clang, and clash, and roar!" What sound device is present in this line?
Onomatopoeia
300
Who wrote the poem "The Rose That Grew From Concrete"?
Tupac Shakur
400
Indicates the writer’s mood, voice and attitude.
Tone
400
When the poet ends the lines of their poem with words that perfectly fit with each other in sound.
Perfect Rhyme
400
What is the theme of this poem?
Overcoming life's obstacles and struggles and persevering.
400
In the poem "Thumbprint" by Eve Merriam the following lines reads, "can never contain the same" (line 8). What three sound devices are present in this line?
Assonance, Alliteration, and Consonance
400
What cultural movement was Langston Hughes a part of?
The Harlem Renaissance
500
The maid idea or an underlying meaning of a poem.
Theme
500
A poem that tells a story and has a beginning, middle, and end.
Narrative
500
In the song "Firework" by Katy Perry, the following lines read, "Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again" (lines 1-3). What two figurative language devices are being used in the lines above?
Simile and Hyperbole
500
Label the Rhyme Scheme in this poem.
A
B
A
A
B
C
B
C
B
500
What is Miss Musico's favorite football team?
The Baltimore Ravens