Poetry in Motion
You're a Poet and You Didn't Even Know It
P O E T R Y
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Know-etry
100
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
When two very contrasting things are right next to each other.
What is juxtaposition?
100
How old is Miss Rich?
26
100
What is Miss Rich's dog's name?
Boone
100
Who is Miss Rich's favorite student?
Aubrey Walstrom.
200
The main point / message of the poem
What is a theme?
200
The way the end of each line sounds similar to each other.
What is a rhyme scheme?
200
The way a word is broken up.
What is a syllable?
200
The listener / hearer of the poem.
What is audience?
200
How many and which literary devices are used in the poem.
What is style?
300
The way a poem is read / the feeling behind the poem.
What is tone?
300
The narrator of the poem.
What is speaker?
300
The umbrella word that encapsulates all poetic / literary terms.
What is figurative language?
300
Concrete objects that stand for abstract ideas.
What is a symbol?
300
Describing in a way that utilizes the 5 senses.
What is imagery?
400
A word that imitates a sound
What is an onomatopoeia?
400
Repetition of consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
400
Repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
400
A common phrase that makes no logical sense.
What is an idiom?
400
Giving living qualities to non-living things.
What is personification?
500
Give an example of a symbol and what it stands for.
Ex: eagle = freedom / stars and stripes = USA / scale = justice
500
Give an example of an idiom.
Ex: Raining cats and dogs, Break a leg.
500
Give an example of a simile.
Ex: She was as angry as a bull, They slept like newborn babies.
500
Give an example of personification.
Ex: The wind howled, the waves crashed, the leaves danced, etc.
500
Give an example of a metaphor.
Her eyes are the ocean, He is a tree, etc.
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