The repeating of the first initial consonant sound is an ______________.
What is Alliteration.
100
__________ is the creation of words that imitate natural sounds.
What is Onomatopoeia.
100
Edgar Allan Poe wrote the poem about a long lost love titled, ___________.
What is The Raven.
100
True or False. Poetry has to rhyme.
What is False.
200
A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" is a __________.
What is a simile.
200
An over exaggeration is called a ____________.
What is Hyperbole.
200
When you attribute human characteristics to an inhuman object or thing it is called ______________.
What is Personification.
200
The name of the poem by Theodore Roethke is titled "My Papa's __________."
What is Waltz.
200
How many ways are there to interpret a poem?
What is infinite.
300
What is a word or phrase that is used to show or suggest that two things are similar?
What is a Metaphor.
300
A verb that is descriptive, vibrant, and dramatic is called a _________.
What is Vivid Verb.
300
"The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky," is an example of ____________.
What is personification.
300
"I, Too" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" were written by which American Poet?
Who is Langston Hughes.
300
Free verse poetry leaves the style of the poem up to the __________.
What is Poet.
400
What is the repeating of similar sounds in poetry called?
What is Rhyme.
400
___________ is the use of symbols to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature.
What is Symbolism.
400
Gasp, Clank, Bang, and Swoosh are all examples of _________.
What is Onomatopoeia.
400
Identify which Gothic poet wrote the following lines:
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door . . .
Who is Edgar Allan Poe.
400
In class we used the technique called _________ to analyze the Langston Hughes poems.
What is SOAPSTone.
500
What does imagery add to a piece of writing?
What is description, texture, or image.
500
_________ is the perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific place or development.
What is Tone.
500
Yellow represents decay,
Black represents death,
White represents peace.
These are all examples of ________ in everyday life.
What is Symbolism.
500
Identify the poet who wrote the following stanza:
We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother’s countenance
Could not unfrown itself.
Who is Theodore Roethke.
500
In class Mrs. Keleshian used a song to show us poetic techniques, the song that she showed us was _______?