Figurative Language
SHE WAS AS QUIET AS A MOUSE
SIMILE
ALLITERATION
QUATRAIN OR TERCET OR COUPLETS ARE EXAMPLES OF...
STANZAS
ROMEO AND JULIET
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
COUNTRY HE WAS BORN IN
U.S.
THE WORLD IS A STAGE
METAPHOR
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
ALLITERATION
The sun is shining in the sky,
As fluffy clouds go drifting by.
RHYMED COUPLET
THE CAT IN THE HAT
DR. SEUSS
AWARD HE RECEIVED AFTER HIS DEATH
PULITZER
THE WIND HOWLED DURING THE NIGHT
PERSONIFICATION
The moon is high and the stars are bright.
ASSONANCE
CONSISTENT METER, BUT NO RHYMES
BLANK VERSE
THE RAVEN
EDGAR ALLAN POE
MOST OF HIS POEMS WERE ABOUT...
ORDINARY THINGS
The sunset blazed with crimson and gold, painting the sky.
IMAGERY
CONSONANCE
NO RHYME SCHEME OR METER
FREE VERSE
STILL I RISE
MAYA ANGELOU
HE IS KNOWN FOR WHAT KIND OF POETRY
FREE VERSE
WORDS LIKE buzz, meow, crash, bang, sizzle, drip, whoosh, and giggle
ONOMATOPOEIA
The trees are tall and the grass is green
ASSONANCE
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills
ENJAMBMENT
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
IN ADDITION TO POETRY, HE WROTE written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure CALLED....
PROSE