Advertising
Figurative Language
Sound Devices
Poetry Forms
Poets and Poems
100
sweeping claims such as "There's nothing like it in the world!" that can't be proven
What is generalization?
100
describes one thing as if it were something else, EX: "The house was a zoo this morning."
What is a metaphor?
100
repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
100
humorous, rhyming, five line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme
What is a limerick?
100
The fog comes on little cat feet It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.
What is "Fog" (by Carl Sandburg)?
200
information that is one-sided or misleading
What is propaganda?
200
gives human qualities to comething else
What is personification?
200
repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants
What is assonance?
200
poetry defined by its lack of structure , has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length or stanza pattern
What is free verse poety?
200
Eve Merriam's poem "Weather" uses this sound device in this line, "Dot a dot dot dot a dot dot"
What is onomatopoeia?
300
television, radio, web sites, magazines and newspapers
What are places where advertising appears?
300
uses like or as to compare two unlike things
What is a simile?
300
the use of words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopeia?
300
pairs of rhyming lines, usually the same meter and length
What is rhyming couplets?
300
poet who wrote "The Road Not Taken"
Who is Robert Frost?
400
More people have cats than dogs, so cats must be easier to take care of.
What is faulty reasoning?
400
anything representing something else, EX: a dove commonly represents peace
What is a symbol?
400
rhymical pattern in a poem
What is meter?
400
three line Japanese verse, first and third lines have five syllables and second line has seven
What is a haiku?
400
poet who wrote Annabel Lee
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
500
"If your child suffers this much when you leave him for one minute, imagine how he'd feel if you died."
What is loaded language?
500
writing or speech not meant to be taken literally
What is figurative language?
500
the use of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence - more than once
What is repetition?
500
poetry that tells a story in verse, often has elements of short stories
What is a narrative?
500
The Rhyme Scheme: My cat is nice. My cat likes mice. My cat is fat. I like my cat.
What is AABB?
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