Figurative Language
A comparison of two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as".
Couplet
TRUE OR FALSE- rhyming words should have the same spelling at the end
FALSE
Best selling poet of all time
William Shakespeare
Give an example of onomatopoeia
BOOM
CRASH
FIZZLE
POP
An extreme exaggeration used in figurative language
Hyperbole
A "poem paragraph", sections of lines in poems
Stanza
TRUE OR FALSE
The beginning sound of a line should rhyme in a poem.
Metrophobia
Why is repetition usually used in poetry?
To emphasize
She wondered whether she should wake the dragon.
Alliteration
Rhythm in poetry is:
On a rock nearby the monkey sat,
Thinking a banana was her bright yellow hat.
He pounced, he soared, she said her last goodbyes
Eaten by the monkey, before she even got her fries.
AABB
This classmate recites poetry to their brother
Junior
Imagery is
the use of words to create pictures in your mind
The trees of the forest sympathetically watched over the lost child.
Personification
Give an example of a sound device in poetry
Rhyme, Repetition, Onomatopoeia, Alliteration
What is a rhyming pattern in poetry? How is it labelled?
Rhyming patterns refer to which lines in the poem rhym. Use of A,B,C in order within a poem or repeated in a stanza
German Poet Gottlob Burmann hated one letter of the alphabet, so he avoided using it in all his poetry.
R
answers will vary
Aron's singing voice is music to Vince's ears.
Metaphor
What are the syllable requirements for each line of a haiku poem?
5,7 and 5
Here in your arms
Is where I belong
The beating of your heart
Is like a beautiful song
ABCB
How long was the longest poem in the world?
1.8 million words
An extended metaphor
When the metaphor applies to the whole poem/piece of work rather than just one comparison