Sound Devices
a word or phrase that sounds like the thing it names
examples: pop, buzz, smack, clang, thwack, shriek, murmur, hubbub, hiss, boom, bang
What is onomatopoeia?
to give human or life-like traits to non-human or non-living
examples: “The chair groaned under the elephant’s weight.” “The clouds wept at his funeral.”
What is personification?
a genre of literature that uses carefully chosen and arranged words and often has rhythm and rhyme (but does not have to have rhythm or rhyme)
What is poetry?
The emotion created in a reader by part or all of a literary work: also known as the atmosphere
What is mood?
This is the time when the speaker is fearful in "Life Doesn't Frighten Me".
What is maybe in her dreams?
the repetition of sounds at the ends of words; occurs at the end of lines
What is rhyme?
Extreme exaggeration used to create an effect or to make a point
What is hyperbole?
a type of poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
The emotional attitude toward the reader or subject implied by an author's choice of words
What is tone?
What are the young oysters?
the patterns of beats, or stressed syllables, in a line of poetry; the natural rise and fall of sounds in poetry
What is rhythm?
Using like or as to compare two unlike things
What is a simile?
Uses of language that appeal to the reader's ear
What are sound devices?
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
This is the person that the captain lashes to the mast in "The Wreck of the Hesperus".
Who is his daughter?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of lines
What is alliteration?
Comparing two unlike things by saying one is another
What is metaphor?
Something that stands for itself and something else
What is a symbol?
What is a quatrain?
This person makes the tortillas in "Ode to La Tortilla."
Who is the speaker's grandmother?
repetition of a line, multiple lines, or a stanza in a poem to create a musical effect
DAILY DOUBLE
the use of words in a way that differs from their literal or ordinary meaning to create a more vivid, descriptive, or imaginative effect
What is figurative language?
The repetition of vowel sound
The mental pictures created in the reader's mind using words that appeal to the five senses
What is imagery?
What is comfortable, nostalgic, or happy?