Figurative Language
Poetic Forms
Poetic Sound Devices
More Poetic Devices
Mixed Bag
100
Robert Burns wrote, “Oh my Love's like a red, red rose / that's newly sprung in June." This is an example of a(n) ________.
Simile
100
A grouping of lines in a poem is called a ______________?
Stanza
100
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of ___________.
Alliteration
100
The lesson, or what the poet wants you to take away from the poem, is called the _________.
Theme
100
The writer of a poem is called a(n) __________.
Poet
200
"The little dog laughed to see such sport, / And the dish ran away with the spoon." contains two examples of __________.
Personification
200
Five syllables start / Seven syllables follow / Five syllables end
Haiku
200
"Let’s have one day for girls and boyses/ When you can make the grandest noises./ Screech, scream, holler, and yell—/ Buzz a buzzer, clang a bell, Sneeze—hiccup—whistle—shout,/Laugh until your lungs wear out" (Shel Silverstein) contains examples of this type of poetic sound device.
Onomatopoeia
200
Language that appeals to the five senses (sight, touch, taste, smell, and/or sound)
Imagery
200
True or False -- Poetry often breaks the capitalization, grammar, and word order rules of standard English.
True
300
Before playing Jeopardy today, I told the student to "hit the lights". This is an example of a(n) ________________.
Idiom
300
"Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house/Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" is an example of a two line poetic form that may or may not rhyme. What is this poetic form?
Couplet
300
Which poetic sound device is being used in the following line by William Wordsworth "A host, of golden daffodils"
Assonance
300
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping," a line from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven," contains which type of rhyme?
Internal Rhyme
300
A type of poem that tells a story and is often set to music is called a(n) ___________.
Ballad
400
"Continuous as the stars that shine / And twinkle on the milky way, / They stretched in never-ending line / Along the margin of a bay: / Ten thousand saw I at a glance." What type of figurative language is used in this poem by William Wordsworth?
Hyperbole
400
A poetic form that has no specific rhythm, meter, or rhyme
Free Verse
400
What is it called when a word or a group of words is repeated in a poem to create rhythm or emphasis?
Repetition
400
What is the rhyme scheme for "Fame is a bee. / It has a song— / It has a sting— / Ah, too, it has a wing."
A (bee) B (song) C (sting) C (wing)
400
The narrator of a poem is also called the _____________.
Speaker
500
Clouds by Christina G. Rossetti -- White Sheep, white sheep/ On a blue hill,/ When the wind stops/ You all stand still.
Metaphor - the poem compares clouds to sheep
500
A four line stanza that may or may not rhyme "Whose woods these are I think I know. / His house is in the village though; / He will not see me stopping here / To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Quatrain
500
"He gives his harness bells a shake" is an example of which poetic sound device?
Consonance
500
Identify the examples of alliteration in the following short poem (8): Rabbits running so very fast/ In the field of green, green grass./ Sniffing for scents of snack time treats,/ Hippity Hopping on their happy bunny feet./ When carrots and other foods are found/ The rabbits prance and pounce.
Rabbits running, fast field, green green grass, sniffing scents snack, time treats, hippity hopping happy, foods found, prance and pounce
500
Edgar Allan Poe, the poet famous for his creepy poems and short stories, wrote the poem "Annabel Lee" that we read in class. The poem was most likely inspired by the death of which important woman in his real life?
Virginia Clem, his first cousin and wife
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