Theory
it is an exaggeration.
Im so hungry i could eat a cow.
True or false:
The following example is a metaphor.
John's suggestion was like a Band-Aid for the problem
false.
What did a math book say to a literature book?
You're always filled with great stories and Im full of problems
Mention what the acronym SMILE means
structure, meaning, imagery,language, effect
Mention 5 figures of speech in 5 seconds.
allusion, hyperbole, simile,metaphor, alliteration
Identify which figure of speech is shown in the following phrase:
Its fresh-peeled voice
Astonishing the brickwork
personification
What is a car's favorite literature genre?
auto-biography
Give an example of a simile
Life is like a box of chocolates
Figurative is language that is used to create a special effect or feeling. This language is not literal.
Literal language is when the words mentioned mean exactly what they say.
Identify the figure of speech portrayed in this extract:
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
allusion
There is a house. One enters it blind and comes out seeing. What is it?
a school
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
alliteration
State at least 3 reasons why poetry is different from all other forms of writing
Poems frequently rely on their effect on imagery, word association, and the musical qualities of the language used.
The interactive layering of all these effects generate meaning and it is what marks poetry; it is what makes it unique and different.
•Each reader can interpret poetry how they feel it.
Define theme and tell me which theme appears in this extract:
Elizabeth read my anguish in my countenance, and kindly taking my hand, said, "My dearest friend, you must calm yourself. These events have affected me, God knows how deeply; but I am not so wretched as you are. There is an expression of despair. in your countenance that makes me tremble.
revenge
What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon and on three legs in the evening?
a human. crawls as a baby, adults walk on two legs and when they are old they use a stick or cane.
Define Quatrain
a four verse and four stanza poem
Describe and mention how poetry is written
stanzas, verses, free verse.
Mention which theme appears in this extract
We may not part until you have promised to comply with my requisition. I am alone, and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species, and have the same defects. This being you must create."
prejudice
what do you get when you cross literature and queen?
I'm just a Poe boy nobody loves me
double double toil and trouble
fire burn and couldron bubble
what is this known as in poetry?
rhyming couplets