Sound Devices
Figurative Language
Types of Poems
Sim/Met/Neither
Identification
100
A word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
What is Onomatopoeia
100
A language that goes beyond the meaning of words
What is Figurative Language
100
Sounds like song lyrics
What is Lyrical Poem
100
The girl was as small as a mouse.
What is a Simile (compares "girl" to "mouse" using "as")
100
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky
What is Personification
200
Repetition of syllable sounds at the end of words
What is Rhyme
200
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
What is Simile
200
Could be a short story
What is Narrative Poem
200
My mother is a careless clown.
What is Metaphor (comparing "mother" to "careless clown" w/o "like" or "as")
200
"The author of the Poem sounds lonely because she writes about how she only shares her thoughts with the stars and god. This is shown where she writes: "...Told the stars my questions and thought that God could really see the heat and the painted light elbows, knees, dreams, goodnight."
What is Tone
300
Repetition of vowel sounds within words
What is Assonance
300
A comparison of two unlike things without "like" or "as".
What is Metaphor
300
A poem without rhyme or rhythm.
What is Free-verse Poetry
300
I feel like taking a long nap.
What is Neither (No comparison being made)
300
After reading Anne Sexton's "Young", I felt grateful to have a a relationship with my mother like the author. It seemed to be very important to her, as it is to me. I made this connection after reading the following selection: "My mother's window a funnel of yellow heat running out" I interpreted that to mean that Mom and Anne had a close and loving relationship.
What is Mood
400
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
400
The author's attitude, stated or implied, toward a subject.
What is Tone
400
A poem whose words were chosen entirely for how they sound
What is Rhyming Poetry
400
I like turtles.
What is Neither (No comparison is being made)
400
Men sell the wedding bells
What is Assonance
500
A series of stressed and unstressed sound in a group of words.
What is Rhythm
500
Overall feeling in a literary work. It is the way YOU, the reader, feels after reading a poem.
What is Mood
500
A short, concise account of an event that focuses on capturing the emotions, thoughts, and senses of the experience being described.
What is a Poem or Poetry
500
The road was winding along as we pressed onward toward home.
What is Neither (No comparison is being made)
500
There are TWO types of Poetic Devices found -- What are they? The little red shack trembled furiously as the howling wind raged on into the night.
What is "howling wind raged on into the night" Personification Entire Sentence is Imagery.
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