Sound Devices
Figurative Language
Literature book
Structure
Theme
100
The repetition of words that sound the same in a poem
What is rhyme?
100
We were withered trees in the field is an example of
What is a metaphor?
100
How many stanzas are on page 72 from our literature book?
What is three stanzas?
100
A group of lines which form a unit
What is a stanza?
100
There is the moon, there is the sun Round which we circle every year, And there are all the stars we see On starry nights when skies are clear, And all the countless stars that lie Beyond the reach of human eye. If every bud on every tree, All birds and fireflies and bees And all the flowers that bloom and die Upon the earth were counted up, The number of the stars would be Greater, they say, than all of these. ~Mary Britton Miller~
What is the Universe?
200
Words that have the sound consonant sound at the beginning, middle, or end of a word
What is consonance?
200
The compariosn of unlike objects or things using like or as
What is a simile?
200
How many verses are in this poem on page 139?
What is thirteen verses?
200
The numbers usually in multiples of five in the margins of the poem
What are line numbers?
200
I got a _________from Timmy Jimmy Tillie Billie Nicky Micky Ricky Dicky Laura Nora Cora Flora Donnie Ronnie Lonnie Connie Eva sent me two But I didn't get none from you. ~Shel Silverstein~
What is a Valentine?
300
Words that imitate the sounds they make
What is onomatopoeia?
300
The comparison of unlike things not using like or as
What is a metaphor?
300
What is the rhyme scheme on page 161?
What is AABBCCDDD?
300
Two lines of poetry that have the same ending sound?
What is rhyme scheme?
300
Goblins on the doorstep, Phantoms in the air, Owls on witches' gateposts Giving stare for star, Cats on flying broomsticks, Bats against the moon, Stirrings round of fate-cakes With a solemn spoon, Whirling apple parings, Figures draped in sheets Dodging, disappearing, Up and down the streets, Jack-o'-lanterns grinning, Shadows on a screen, Shrieks and starts and laughters-- This is _____________! ~Dorothy Brown Thomspon~
What is Halloween?
400
The repetition of consonant sounds in two or more words
What is alliteration?
400
An expression in which human qualities are given to non-human things
What is personification?
400
How many stanzas does this poem have on page 375?
What is one stanza?
400
a line from a poem
What is a verse?
400
Thank You for all my hands can hold-- appels red, and melons gold, yellow corn both ripe and sweet, peas and beans so good to eat! Thank You for all my eyes can see-- lovely sunlight, field and tree, white cloud-boats in sea-deep sky, soaring bird and butterfly. Thank You for all my ears can hear-- birds' song echoing far and near, songs of little stream, big sea, cricket, bullfrog, duck and bee! ~Ivy O. Eastwick~
What is Thanksgiving?
500
The repetition of vowel sounds close together
What is assonance?
500
The opposite of figurative language
What is a literal language?
500
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem on page 375?
What is AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJKLLMMNN?
500
The place where a line of poetry ends unguided by punctuation or a noticeable space between stanzas
What is a line break?
500
A small speckled visitor wearing crimson cape, brighter than a cherry, smaller than a grape. A polka-dotted someone walking on my wall, a black-hooded lady in a scarlet shawl. ~Joan Walsh Anglund~
What is a Ladybug?
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