Figurative Language Definitions
Poetry Identification
Figurative Language Examples
Poetry Movements
Vocab Review
100
Uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.
What is a simile.
100
"I step from plank to plank"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
100
"I came in like a WRECKING BALLLLL" =P
What is a simile?
100
Poetry movement that took place from 1918-1930s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
100
As it requires me to eat green beans every day for a week, the first part of my new diet is very ________.
What is monotonous?
200
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
200
"Mother to Son"
Who is Langston Hughes?
200
"Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight"
What is hyperbole?
200
Used within poems to show the language used in African American culture during the Harlem Ren.
What is informal dialect?
200
I was _____ about about my test score because no matter what I never do well in school.
What is pessimistic?
300
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is personification?
300
"Speech to the Young"
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks
300
"My heart's a stereo... It beats for you, so listen close..."
What is a metaphor?
300
This movement came from a need to create a culture for African American peoples.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
300
Even though she had lost her homework and tripped down the stairs, Donna was ______ about field hockey try-outs.
What is optimistic?
400
An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
400
"O Captain! My Captain!"
Who is Walt Whitman?
400
"This is what it sounds like, when doves cry!"
What is personification?
400
Removed from society, values the mind and imagination, looks to nature or spirituality for inspiration.
What is the transcendentalist movement?
400
The voice or character of a poem.
Who is the speaker?
500
A technique that weaves sensory perceptions into a poem, creating a picture in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
500
"Child on Top of a Greenhouse"
Who is Theodore Roethke?
500
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in? Do you ever feel already buried deep six feet under? Screams but no one seems to hear a thing Do you know that there's still a chance for you 'Cause there's a spark in you? You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine Just own the night like the 4th of July 'Cause, baby, you're a firework
What is imagery?
500
Wrote about the murder of Emmett Till.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
500
His courage and sheer ______ to succeed is inspirational.
What is determination?
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