Figurative Language
Compares two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
What is alliteration?
A form of poetry without any kind of rhyme pattern.
What is free verse?
The person talking in the poem.
Who is the speaker?
A group of lines of poetry (like a paragraph)
What is stanza?
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is a 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.
'We are nearer to Spring Than in September,"
I heard a bird sing In the dark of December.
What is ABAB?
A five line poem that is often humorous.
What is a limerick?
What tone of this statement?
"GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!"
What is anger?
The inner thoughts of a character are spoken aloud to an audience and no other character can "hear" the thoughts.
What is soliloquy?
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
"Go slow over the road."
(repetition of the long o sound)
What is assonance?
It has three lines with the following syllable count:
5-7-5
What is a haiku?
A topic the poem deals with.
What is theme?
Four lines of poetry.
What is a quatrain?
The flame of the candle danced in the wind.
What is personification?
"POP!" is an example of this.
What is an onomatopoeia?
A type of poetic form that has a specific rhyme scheme and is always 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?
What tone of this statement?
"GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!"
The attitude of the poet.
What is tone?
Identify where the personification is in the poem: Have you got a brook in your little heart,
Where bashful flowers blow,
And blushing birds go down to drink,
And shadows tremble so?
What is bashful flowers/ blushing birds / shadows tremble?
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
The following quote is an example of this.
"I held my nose in the breeze so I would not sneeze on your knees"
repetition of the "z" sound (caused by "z" and "s")
What is consonance?
A poem that has 5 lines, no rhyme scheme, but a specific syllable count.
What is a tanka?
Unstressed and stressed syllables make up this.
What is the rhythm?
Metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, and personification are all examples of this.
What is figurative language?