Who's the Author?
Literary Devices
Vocabulary
Poem "deets"
And the Speaker is..?
100
Wrote the poems "Chicago" and "Fog"
Who is Carl Sandburg?
100
comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
vocab. word for "back end or hind quarters"
What is haunches?
100
"that stuttered staccato scream, must be believed not to seem, the shriek of a witch in the room."
What is the poem "A Parrot?"
100
"One of the Seven has to say"
Who is a dwarf? (Grumpy)
200
Mrs. Buescher's favorite poet
Who is E.E. Cummings?
200
beginning letter sound for 2 or more words in a row ex: "maggie and milly and molly and may"
What is alliteration?
200
vocab word for "precious stone"
What is lapidary?
200
In the poem "Fog", what is fog a metaphor to?
What is a cat?
200
If the pronoun "I" is used, what point of view is it?
1st person
300
This man wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
Who is Robert Frost?
300
verse that doesn't follow a fixed metrical pattern or rhyme
What is free verse?
300
having circles, one within another, with a common center
What is concentric?
300
What poem has an allusion to The Bible?
What is "Little Things"?
300
In "Father William", who are the two speakers?
Who is the father and his son?
400
Who wrote the poem "I'm Nobody"?
Who is Emily Dickinson?
400
conversation between speakers
What is dialogue?
400
vocab word meaning "not concerned"
What is unregarding?
400
I am an original that nobody can copy exactly. This is from the poem _________.
What is "One"?
400
"I munch and nibble unregarding: hawthron leaves are juicy and firm." The speaker is...
Who is the caterpillar?
500
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote poetry under what "pen name"?
Lewis Carroll
500
a reference to another piece of literature
What is allusion?
500
vocabulary work for "tomb"
What is a mausoleum?
500
What does the speakr mean in "I'm Nobody" when they say they are "nobody"?
What is they aren't famous?
500
Person to whom the speaker compare the "Spider"
Who is "Euclid"?
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