Poem Parts
Sounds
Comparisons
Strange Phrases
BIG
Exaggerations
100
An author uses ________ to help you visualize what is happening in a poem or story
Imagery
100
A slippery, slimy snake snuck through straw is an example of what type of figurative language?
Alliteration (or Tongue Twister)
100
"Chocolate cake is like paradise" is an example of what type of figurative language?
simile
100
Madi said she has a "frog in her throat". Is this phrase a idiom, hyperbole, or a simile?
Hyperbole
100
"His feet were as big as diving boards!" - is a(n): idiom, hyperbole, or onomatopoeia?
Hyperbole
200
Explain what tone is in a poem.
The author's expressed attitude toward the subject in the poem (or other literary work)
200
What is an onomatopoeia you could provide for a bell?
answers vary: ring-ring! ting-a-ding!
200
Compare a lamp to a flame using a metaphor.
The lamp was a flame (in the dark room)
200
David had all the answers right in class today! He was on fire! What type of figurative langauge is being used in this example?
idiom (but could also be hyperbole!)
200
My baby brother's crying is as loud as a(n) __________. baby chick, fire truck, doorbell
fire truck (BIG exaggeration!)
300
Give an example of personification
answers vary (ex: The leaf jumped out of the tree.)
300
What is the difference between rhyme and rhythm?
Rhythm is the repetition of syllable sounds. Rhyme is the arrangement of stressed and unstressed sounds in writing and speech.
300
What is the difference between similes and metaphors?
Similes use like or as, but metaphors do not.
300
The cat's out of the bag now. I accidentally told my friend about his surprise birthday party. What does "cat's out of the bag" mean?
A secret was told
300
Give an example of a hyperbole.
varied answers.
400
If the first stanza of a poem has the rhyme scheme ABBA, predict what the second stanza's rhyme scheme.
Communative Property
400
Jamie drives dirty dogs into a ditch David drinks jolly juice path Perry Create an alliteration using 4 words (or more)dances
answers vary: Dogs drive Jamie( into a )dirty ditch.
400
36 x 5 x 102 =
20,000
400
Provide an example of personification.
vaied answers
400
Compare and contrast hyperboles and idioms
hyperboles are used to greatly exaggerate something while idioms are a set expression used in a culture BOTH are figurative language and BOTH are not meant to be read and interpreted literally (says one thing, but means something else)
500
I like to play hide and seek, a game in which you can't peek. I count to ten-- and find my friends and then we all hide again! What is the rhyme scheme in this poem? Why?
AABBB--because seek rhymes with peek, then ten, friends, and again rhyme in the poem next.
500
Why are onomatopoeia so useful in writing?
answers vary: 1. (example): they help the reader "hear" the actions or nouns in the poem or other literary work.
500
Which seem more complicated to create--a simile or a metaphor? Why?
answers vary (example): simile--have to use like or as to make it work (Life is like a highway) metaphor- saying one thing IS something else, but they are really completely different (ex: Life is a highway"
500
How would our communication change if we did not have any Idioms in our culture?
answers vary: (examples below) 1. everything would be literal 2. harder to find the words to say something 3. boring 4. not as unique
500
Give three reasons why you believe hyperbolies are important in our writing
varied answers 1. imagery 2. emphasis 3. interesting
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