Poetry Terms 1
In town I bought a gown is an example of what? (town and gown)
What is a rhyme?
Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of
What is alliteration?
“I read that book a thousand times!”
What is a hyperbole?
The use of extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
ZOOM! What type of figurative language?
What is onomatopoeia?
Words or phrases that appeal to the senses are called tone, mood or imagery?
What is imagery?
That donut is the size of a tire.
What is hyperbole?
Name a theme of a poem.
Teacher will tell you if it is correct.
Wendy walked to the store while talking on the phone. What type of figurative language?
What is alliteration?
Her eyes are diamonds in the sky. What is this an example of?
What is metaphor?
A comparison using like or as.
What is simile?
What is the person who writes a poem called?
Who is a poet?
The flowers danced in the green grass. What two examples of figurative language are used?
What is alliteration and personification?
Heart = or stands for love is an example of?
imagery, symbolism, tone, love
What is symbolism?
Calm, anxious, tired are all examples of what?
tone, symbolism, mood, alliteration
What is mood?
Name the pieces of PIEE and what they mean.
Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Emotion.
P=convince
inform=facts
entertain=story
emotion=touches the heart
Sometimes I dream that I can fly.
I lift and flap my arms just so,
And soon I'm soaring to the sky
like a bird that can go so high.
I find a fluffy cotton cloud
And catch myself a comfy ride.
I cannot hear a single sound,
As slowly through the air I glide.
What is the rhyme pattern in each stanza? There are 2 different patterns. AND find a simile.
What is ABAA and ABAB
And soon I'm soaring to the sky
like a bird that can go so high.
The engine called to me with a raspy voice.
What is personification?
A figure of speech that gives human qualities to something that is nonhuman. What is the word and give an example.
What is personification?
A group of lines arranged together is called what? Why does the author write like this?
What is a stanza?