Figurative Language
"The wind whispered secrets through the trees" is an example of...
personification (giving human traits to something non-human)
A single line of poetry is called a ___. It can also refer to a whole poem or poetry in general.
verse
I'm going to write a poem about a guy named Sam from Tennessee who goes up north during the gold rush. My poem is an example of what type of poetry?
narrative poetry
How many syllables in "baseball"?
Two -- "base - ball"
Name the two math teachers who recently had babies.
Ms. Harper and Ms. Pershing
"The sky was as dark as a velvet curtain" is an example of...
simile (comparing two things using "like" or "as")
A group of lines together in a poem is called a ___; it is basically like a paragraph but for poetry.
stanza
I wrote a poem with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five syllables in the third line. This is an example of what type of poetry?
haiku
How many syllables in "poetry"?
Three -- Po - et -ry
City that Ms. Medlock flew to over spring break
Atlanta
"The ocean was a hungry lion" is an example of...
metaphor (comparing two things without like or as)
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates a musical flow or rhythm.
meter
I'm a rapper about to write a song about an obsessed fan named Stan. My song is an example of what type of poetry?
narrative poetry
"Hear the sledges with the bells -
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!
While the stars that oversprinkle
All the heavens seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight..."
This is a good example of ___ in poetry.
meter
Does Mr. D have (a) a lot of brothers or (b) a lot of sisters?
a lot of brothers!
"I bomb atomically / Socrates' philosophies and hypotheses" is an example of...
metaphor (will also accept assonance)
____ creates a vivid picture in the reader's mind.
Imagery
I'm writing a love poem! It has fourteen lines and a very specific rhyme scheme. What type of poem did I write?
sonnet
"Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table..."
What type of figurative language is used here?
simile -- "Like a patient etherized upon a table"
What are the names of the three O'Farrell principals (elementary, middle, and high school)?
Dr. Matthews, Dr. Andersen, and Mr. Rainey
"Me without a mic is like a beat without a snare" is an example of...
simile (comparing two things using "like" or "as")
"Watch him paint, ain’t it quaint?
All that presence in his pen, he be pearlin’ all that wisdom, all that pressure be to sin"
These two lines from the song "P's and Q's" include BOTH...
alliteration (repeated consonant sounds in a line) and assonance (repeated vowel sounds in a line)
True or false: The only three types of poems that exist are narrative poems, haikus, and sonnets.
False -- these are just the three we decided to focus on!
A line with ten syllables that sounds like da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM is called...
iambic pentameter
Where did Mr. Mikaele go to middle school?
O'Farrell