Figurative Language
Compares two unlike things using "like or as".
What is a simile?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
Still compares two unlike things, but the comparison is drawn out through several lines, or even possible the whole poem.
What is extended metaphor?
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson an author wants us to learn from the poem.
What is the theme?
A group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)
What is stanza?
That book is older than dirt.
What is hyperbole?
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
What is ABAB?
"I heard that Sally has skeletons in her closet" is an example of_______
What is a idiom?
The attitude of the author toward his subject.
What is tone?
All other forms of literature not written in verse form.
What is prose?
Comparing two unlike things without "like" or "as".
What is metaphor?
What poetic device is used to create emphasis in this poem? Hint: It is NOT rhyme. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again.
What is repetition?
Descriptive words that create a mental picture in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
The atmosphere or feeling of the poem ( for the reader).
What is mood?
Give the rhyme scheme of the following poem:
Why did the ghostly ghost say boo,
It got a closer look at you.
Why did the monster screech and scream,
It saw your face in a dream.
What is AABB?
The flame of the candle danced in the wind.
What is personification?
Silence your cellphone so that it does not beep during the movie.
What is onomatopoeia?
Pop, Bam, Pow are examples of ________
What is onomatopoeia?
What tone is implied in this state?
"GET OUT OF MY ROOM"?
What is anger/frustration
Find the examples of personification in the following:
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.
What is "the little dog laughed" "The dish ran away with the spoon"
The creation of words that imitate the sound it represents.
What is an onomatopoeia?
The pattern of rhyme in a poem marked by a letter.
What is rhythm scheme?
What the poem is really about.
What is a topic?
romantic, realistic, optimistic, pessimistic, gloomy, mournful, sorrowful...
These are examples of what?
What is mood?
A row of words marked in a poem?
What is a line?