Rime of the Ancient Mariner
An Ancient Mariner is a(n)...
An old sailor
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'
Simile
A Lady by Amy Lowell
You are beautiful and faded
Like an old opera tune
Played upon a harpsichord; [...]
Simile
A row of words in a poem
Line
If 2x + 3= 23, what is x?
x=10
When the poem begins, the characters are attending a(n)...
Wedding
A type of figurative language that uses extreme exaggeration to create meaning.
Hyperbole
Eat Wisely — Alan Loren
Franks and fries, and French fondue
Beans and burgers and biscuits too
Chicken, chili, and cheddar cheese
When I munch too much, I always sneeze!
Alliteration
A group of lines in a poem/a paragraph in a poem
Stanza
What does the acronym FBI stand for?
Federal Bureau of Investigation
What type of creature do the sailors encounter, and what happens to it?
An albatross that the Ancient Mariner shoots with his crossbow and kills
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things by calling one thing something it is not.
Metaphor
Alfred Lord Tennyson- Lancelot and Elaine
His honour rooted in dishonour stood,
And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. [...]
Oxymoron
When analyzing a poem, the reader uses letters of the alphabet on each line to determine the...
Rhyme Scheme
Who holds the record for the most wins at the GRAMMY awards, with 32 wins?
Beyoncé
What changes after the sailors' new companion is gone? (multiple answers)
The wind stops so they can't sail. The fog and mist disappear, so they are under the hot sun all day. They run out of water. The other sailors are angry at the Ancient Mariner.
A type of figurative language that describes a sequence of different words that share the same beginning consonant sound.
Alliteration
hey diddle diddle - Mother Goose
Hey diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Personification
Words inside the lines of a poem rhyme. The words may both be on the same line, or on different lines, but they may not both be at the end of the line.
Internal Rhyme
What is the best-selling video game console of all time with over 155 million units sold world-wide?
PlayStation 2
When the sailors encounter another ship, they see two characters.
Death and Life-In-Death
A type of figurative language that puts two opposites together, or pairs terms which contradict each other.
Oxymoron
"Hope" is a thing with feathers - Emily Dickinson
"Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -"
Metaphor
When the last words in two or more lines of poetry rhyme.
End Rhyme
"Another Brick in the Wall" (1979) was famously performed by which band?
Pink Floyd