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100
The term for a phrase like, "the green grass grew," or "the cute cat cut its claws."
What is alliteration?
100
This is comparing two unlike things with "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
This poet might be known as the "grandmother of the American literary scene."
Who is Maya Angelou?
100
The world ends in one of these two ways in the Robert Frost poem you read.
What is by fire or by ice?
100
What is the name of the author of "The Outsiders?"
Who is S. E. Hinton?
200
The term for a group of lines that repeats itself in a pattern in a poem.
What is a stanza?
200
This is the difference between traditional poetry forms and free verse poetry.
What is free verse poetry does not have to rhyme?
200
This is the name of Maya Angelou's famous autobiography.
What is "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?"
200
Robert Frost agrees that the world will probably end how?
What is by fire?
200
These are two genres of literature?
Answer will vary.
300
The term for the use of words and phrases to appeal to the senses.
What is imagery?
300
"When donkeys fly" and "too big for your britches" are examples of what type of imagery?
What is an idiom?
300
The author of the poem, "Fire and Ice."
Who is Robert Frost?
300
In her poem, "Alone," what group of people does Maya Angelou say can have hearts of stone?
What are millionaires (rich people)?
300
This is the name of Scrooge's dead business partner in A Christmas Carol.
What is Marley?
400
A type of imagery in which two unlike things are compared in which one thing IS the thing it is compared to
What is a metaphor?
400
Two of the types of figurative language.
What are (similes) (metaphors) (idioms).
400
This is what fire and ice stands for in the poem, "Fire and Ice."
What is the human ability to destroy?
400
This is the number of Reading Counts points a student must have to get a 100 on their Reading Counts test grade.
What is fifty?
500
Rhythm is the varying speed, intensity and WHAT of speech?
What is emphasis?
500
This is the literary term for a phrase such as "Life is a bowl of cherries?"
What is a metaphor?
500
Robert Frost's first poem was published in this part of his schooling.
What is in high school?
500
True or false: the poem "Alone" is written in free verse.
What is false?
500
This is the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
What is fiction is made up and nonfiction is factual/real?
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