Vocabulary
It was evident that the student didn't study for the test.
What does the word "evident" mean?
Obvious
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I hope you are happy,
Because I am too.
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
ABCB
Sitting close to the center, not very high in the branches,
I heard it hitting the high leaves, and I was happy,
Why does the poet feel happy?
Because she is not getting wet
She was jumping like a fish out of water?
Is this sentence a simile or a metaphor?
Simile
True or False
Poems are made up of lines and can have more than one stanza. They are not written in paragraph form.
True
The number of lines in the poem made it a quatrain.
What does the word "quatrain" mean?
The dog is on the mat
Then he saw a cat
The cat saw a rat
What do you think of that
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
AAAA
I chopped down the house that you had been saving to live in next summer.
What is the poet apologizing for?
Chopping down the house
Is this a simile or a metaphor?
metaphor
ABCB is an example of what
Rhyme Scheme
The feeling of the poem made it a rue poem.
What does the word "rue" mean?
To show regret or to feel sorry about something.
The sun is so bright
I can see the waves
The world is full of light
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
ABA
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued
How does the author feel at the end of this poem
Happy because their day is better
True or False
An appositive gives more information about a verb.
False, it tells more about a noun
What type of poem draws connections and make an indirect reference to a person or place.
Allusion Poem
The boy was transfixed by the action on the T.V..
What does the word "transfixed" mean?
To be held motionless
The bird is in the tree
It is building a nest
The bird lays it's eggs
I wonder what they will be
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
ABCA
He glanced with rapid eyes,
That hurried all abroad
They looked like frightened beads, I thought
He stirred his velvet head
What is the simile in this stanza?
They looked like frightened beads
The doctor, who specialized in broken bones, was going to do the surgery.
What part of this sentence is an appositive?
Who specialized in broken bones
True or False
An author might use parallel structure in a poem to show similiarities and differences between scenes.
True
She ground the garlic up to put in the sauce.
What does the word "ground" mean in this sentence?
To make something into tiny pieces.
I ride the bus to school
I sit politely in my seat
I do not kick my feet
The window is down to make it cool
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
ABBA
The art of losing isn't hard to master (Line 1)
so many things seem filled with the intent (Line 2)
to be lost that their loss is no disaster (Line 3)
If this is a villanelle poem which lines will repeat?
Lines 1 and 3
The rubber tube looked like a snake wrapped around a tree branch.
What type of figurative language is this sentence an example of?
Personification
In the poem "Advice" the father makes a connection between a worm and hurtful words.
What type of figurative language is this called?
Implied Metaphor