Figurative Language
Sound Devices
Pattern
Hodge Podge
Classical Poems
100
What is the following sentence an example of: She was as red as a lobster.
simile
100
What is the following sentence an example of: The clam would only eat a yam and ham with his fam(ily).
rhyme
100
What is the pattern of a haiku? Double points: What country did haikus originate from?
5-7-5; Japan
100
Poetry is written in __________ (a collection of words).
lines
100
What figurative language does Carl Sandberg use in "Jazz Fantasia"
similes
200
What is the following sentence an example of: Ms. Porter is a crab in the morning.
metaphor
200
What is the following sentence an example of: Larry the lonely lobster looked like he was limping.
alliteration
200
A diamante poem is written in how many lines? Double points: How many words are on each line?
7; 1,2,3,4,3,2,1
200
The difference between fiction and poetry is that fiction is written in paragraphs and poetry is written in ___________.
stanzas
200
What is personified in Emily Dickinson's "She Sweeps with Many-Colored Brooms"
the sun
300
What is the following sentence an example of: The lobsters at Red Lobster were screaming in fear.
personification
300
What is the following sentence an example of: I like to hear the CRUNCH! when my dad cracks the lobster's shell.
onomatopoeia
300
What rhyming/syllable/line rules do you have to follow if you write a free verse poem?
there are no rules to free verse poetry!
300
Poems that appeal to our senses (taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing) are said to use _________ to help us visualize the poem.
imagery
300
Who or what are the pretty people in e e cummings' poem "Who Knows If The Moons"
stars
400
What is the following sentence an example of: Mrs. West was so mad when her car was hit that she could have pinched off someone's head.
hyperbole
400
The old Batman TV show used what sound device during the fight scenes?
onomatopoeia
400
What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
ababcdcdefefgg
400
Describe the process of life using the following symbols: a path, springtime, and winter
path- life, springtime- childhood, winter- old age
400
What's the tone of Li Po's poem "Taking Leave of a Friend"
sad or longing
500
What is the following sentence an example of: I'm as happy as a clam.
idiom
500
Tongue twisters are often written using what sound device?
alliteration
500
Which is the newest form of poetry: free verse, sonnet, or haiku?
free verse
500
The pattern of rhyming in a poem is called the __________.
rhyme scheme
500
What's the theme of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130"
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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