Figurative Language
Compares two things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
What is alliteration?
Still compares to unlike things, but the comparison is drawn out through several lines, or throughout the entire poem.
What is extended metaphor?
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
What is theme?
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?
It was many and many a year ago,
In the kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
by the name of Annabel Lee;
What is ABAB?
I heard that Sally has skeletons in her closet! This is an example of?
What is idiom?
The attitude a poem implies.
What is tone?
All other forms of literature not written in verse form.
What is prose?
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
The repetition of beginning sound words.
What is Alliteration?
Descriptive words that paint a mental picture in the readers minds.
What is imagery?
The feeling or atmosphere of a poem.
What is mood?
Rhyme scheme of 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 a AABB?
The flame of the candle danced in the wind.
What is personification?
What tool 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?
Pop, Bam, Meow!!!
What is onomatopoeia?
What tone is implied by this statement? GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!
What is anger/frustration?
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?" Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart
What is bashful flowers/ blushing birds / shadows tremble?
The creation of words that imitate the sound it represents.
What is onomatopoeia?
The pattern of rhyme in a poem marked with letter.
What is rhyme scheme?
What the poem or story is about.
What is topic?
What is the rhyme scheme of this passage:
Some say the world will in end fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold to those who favor fire.
What is ABAA
A row of words, marked in a poem.
What is a line?