MAYBE THIS WILL MAKE YOU LISTEN
This refers to a repeated ending sound. Many song lyrics use this sound device.
What is rhyme?
This word means using an object, person, circumstance, or even a word to represent something else.
What is symbolism?
The plot of a narrative poem refers to this.
What are the main events of the poem?
In the poem "The Road Not Taken," the road symbolizes this.
What is a major decision someone needs to make?
This is a kind of poetry that lacks structure. There may not be rhythm. While there my be some rhyming, there is usually not much.
What is free form or free verse?
Bam! Boom! Pow! are examples of this kind of figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is why a poet might use symbolism.
1. What is to create emotion of a certain mood?
2. What is to give their poem deeper meaning?
3. What is to make sure a reader pays closer attention to a message?
An author uses this literary device to make sure the reader truly understands what they are describing.
What is figurative language?
In the poem "I, Too," the author mentions eating in the kitchen which symbolizes this.
What is segregation?
The dining room table stands for this in "I, Too."
What are the end of segregation and full acceptance?
Letters literally create repeated sounds so students can identify this totally terrific type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
This is commonly used in literature to symbolize wisdom.
What is an owl?
In "The Road Not Taken," why does the author choose a path that few people choose?
He wants to be true to himself and do what he thinks is right.
The author, Robert Frost, mentions the Garden of Eden in his poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." This is an example of this kind of literary device.
What is an allusion?
When you label a poem with the letters of the alphabet, it is to show what this is.
What is a rhyme scheme?
This term refers to things like rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, etc.
What are sound devices?
This is a reference to something else in order to communicate an idea about a person, place, idea, from another work. A common example of this is when authors mention the Garden of Eden when talking about plants or gardens.
What is an allusion?
This type of figurative language means that an author gives human qualities to something that is not human.
What is personification?
The caged bird in "Caged Bird" symbolizes this.
What is someone who is not free?
In the poem "Caged Bird," the bird in the cage is afraid to sing because they feel this way and are worried about this.
What is scared and worried about getting in trouble?
I have ten syllables per line. Some of my syllables are stressed (said louder and emphasized), and the other syllables are not stressed.
What is iambic pentameter?
This is one of the common categories of topics that are used in allusions.
politics
religion
mythology
pop culture
The author uses this literary device to help readers see, hear, taste, feel, and smell something.
What is imagery?
In the poem "I, Too," this is why the narrator says that he is America.
He wants to emphasize the fact that he is also an American citizen.
This is what the author means when they write that "no man is an island."
What is no one is really alone?