Figurative Language
Sound Devices
Types of Poems
Poems We've Read
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100
A comparison of two unlike things that uses like or as.
What is simile
100
The repetition of initial sounds in more than three consecutive words.
What is alliteration
100
A poem that tells a story complete with characters, setting, and plot.
What is a narrative poem.
100
An epic poem involving a hero who defeats a son of Cain and a dragon.
What is "Beowulf".
100
The name of Ms. Sanders' cat.
What is Spumoni.
200
When human qualities are given to an inanimate object.
What is personification.
200
The repetition of vowel sounds.
What is assonance.
200
A brief poem in which the author expresses the feelings of a single speaker.
What is a lyric poem.
200
Sonnet 130 was written by this famous poet.
Who is William Shakespeare.
200
A type of figurative language that involves extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole.
300
A comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as.
What is metaphor.
300
A pattern of end rhymes
What is rhyme scheme.
300
A song-like poem that tells a story.
What is a ballad.
300
Name at least four examples of narrative poetry we have read in class.
What is "Casey at the Bat", "Jabberwocky", "Fifteen", "Raven", and "Highwayman".
300
A poem with no rules.
What is free verse.
400
Descriptive language uses the five senses to create a word-picture.
What is imagery.
400
The pattern created by stllablesressed and unstressed sy
What is rhythm.
400
A Japanese poem containing three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables that centers around nature and emotion.
What is a haiku.
400
A lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that centers around hope.
What is "Hope is the Thing With Feathers--"
400
"Jabberwocky" was set in this fictional setting.
What is Wonderland.
500
Two types of metaphors. One type is hinted at but not directly stated. The other is written throughout multiple lines/stanzas.
What is implied and extended metaphor.
500
The use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning.
What is onomatopoeia.
500
A fourteen line lyric poem with formal rhyme and line structure.
What is a sonnet.
500
An example of a lyric poem by famous African American writer, Langston Hughes.
What is "Dreams Deferred."
500
The Odyssey was written by this famous blind man.
Who is Homer.
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