Devices!!!
Poets
Mo' Devices!
Poems
Miscellaneous
100
Comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
100
This person wrote "Masters of War"
Who is Bob Dylan?
100
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
What is BAM!, Bang!, Whoosh!, etc.
100
Emily Dickinson's poem "Autumn" is a classic example of what device?
What is imagery?
100
This type of music is heavy on internal rhyme and social messages. (There are actually two, but name one)
What are hip-hop and folk?
200
Where are external rhymes located?
What are at the ends of lines?
200
Wrote "I, Too" and "Let America Be America Again" Also wrote the poem "Dream Deferred"
Who is Langston Hughes?
200
Comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
What is one group of people called out in "Masters of War"
What are the governments, the weapons manufacturers, indifferent people, authoritarian leaders
200
Where can you find several poetry podcasts, free to listen to?
What is iTunes?
300
What would be the rhyme scheme for the following ending words: Jump Slap Bump Dog Fog Wrap
What is ABACCB
300
He wrote "The Rose that Grew from Concrete"
Who is Tupac Shakur?
300
What is this: The soggy log was in the bog
What is internal rhyme
300
Who killed Hattie Carroll?
Who is William Zantzinger (or Zanzinger)
300
If a poem tells a story, what is it called?
What is a narrative poem?
400
"The stone seemed sad" is an example of what?
What is personification?
400
This poet wrote in the late 1500's and is also famous for many plays
Who is Shakespeare?
400
With allusion, what does the author take for granted?
What is that we already know who the person/place/thing is?
400
What is the central message of "Liberty Needs Glasses"?
What is that justice is unfair in America (based on race)
400
A grouping of lines is called...
What is a stanza?
500
What is the main goal of imagery?
What is to hit on the readers senses: sight, smell, touch, sound
500
Either the author of "And They Obey" or "Evolution"
Who is Carl Sandburg and Sherman Alexie?
500
What devices are being used here: I'm gangster like Al Capone
What are simile and allusion
500
How long does a line have to be?
What is no determinate length?
500
This kind of poetry is done competition style, with emphasis on political/social messages and actual delivery of the poem
What is slam poetry?
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