Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
This is an example of what sound device?
alliteration
100
Define AND provide an example of onomatopoeia.
A word that imitates the sound it makes.
Woof.
100
What is a device where the speaker talks directly to an absent person, living or dead, or even a nonexistent person or thing as if it was capable of understanding?
apostrophe
100
Define AND provide an original example of a metaphor.
An implied comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common.
The evil queen has a heart of stone.
100
What are the groups of lines in poetry called?
stanzas
200
swoosh, vroom, crash!
This is an example of which sound device?
Onomatopoeia
200
Define AND provide an original example of alliteration.The
tatter tots tasted terrific on Tuesday!
Repetition of beginning sounds.
200
What is a device where the author chooses nouns, adjectives, or verbs that paint a strong mental picture and often have layers of meaning.
vivid word choice
200
Define AND provide and original example of a simile.
A comparison using “like” or “as” between two unlike things that have something important in common.
I came in like a wreeeeecking baaaaaaall!
200
What are the groups of words that make up a stanza called?
Lines
300
Mary had a little lamb.
Its fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
A
B
C
B
300
Define AND provide an original example of assonance.
Kate made a table out of maple.
Repetition of internal vowel sounds.
300
What is a device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge of or experience with in order to understand
allusion
300
Define AND provide and original example of personification.
A device where inanimate objects are given human characteristics.
My computer throws a fit every time I try to use it.
300
What is the pattern of rhyming at the end of lines called?
Rhyme scheme
400
Try to light the fire.
This is an example of which sound device?
assonance
400
Define AND provide an original example of consonance.
Repetition of middle/ending consonant sounds.
Do not eat my tatter tots!
400
What is placing two things that directly oppose each other (often abstract concepts) near each other or directly sideby-side so the reader can compare them?
juxtaposition
400
What is it called when a poet deliberately writes a sentence in a grammatical unusual way?
poetic inversion
400
What is a theme?
The lesson or generalization about life that the author wants the reader to understand
500
Norm, the worm, took the garden by storm.
This is an example of which sound device?
consonance
500
Create a sentence that includes 2 of any of the following sound devices:
onomatopoeia
alliteration
assonance
consonance
:)
500
What is a metaphor that continues for several stanzas or the length of a poem?
extended metaphor
500
Use a simile, a metaphor, and personification to describe a lamp.
Golden cyclops
Glaring at me with your singular eye, or
Like a fireball burning my retinas