Saying "vertically challenged" instead of "short".
Euphemism
100
"My stomach was a melon split wide inside my skin."
Metaphor.
100
Shakespearean sonnets and plays are typically written in this meter . . .
Iambic pentameter.
100
What large, dark hands are those at the window . . .
All day the wind breathes low with mellower tones . . .
Assonance.
100
What is the rhyme form below?
"Into my empty head there come
a cotton beach, a dock wherefrom
I set out, oily and nude
through mist in oily solitude."
Couplet.
200
"I waited for eons before the bus arrived."
Hyperbole
200
"Ms. Klause was a not unclever, not unattractive young woman, not unpopular with her classmates."
Litotes
200
What is the meter below"
"But patience is more oft the exercise
Of Saints, the trial of thir fortitude,
Making them each his own Deliver,
And Victor over all
That tyranny or fortune can inflict."
Free Verse
200
Caring cats cascade off
Laughing lamas
Lounging.
Underneath yelling yaks,
Yelling at roaming
Rats.
Alliteration
200
I have been one acquainted with the night. (a)
I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. (b)
I have outwalked the furthest city light. (a)
I have looked down the saddest city lane. (b)
I have passed by the watchman on his beat (c)
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. (b)
Terza Rima
300
"Variety is the spice of life."
Idiom
300
A carbonated drink is called "pop" in some areas of the United States, while in others it's called "soda".
Colloquialism
300
What is the meter below?
"The horse fair Annet rode upon
He ambled like the wind,
With silver he was shod before,
With burning gold be pinned."
Ballad
300
You are loosened from your moorings, and are free; your sails move by the gentle gale.
Apostrophe
300
"The worried efforts of the busy heap,
The dirt, the imprecision, and the beer
Produce a few smart wisecracks every year;
Laugh if you can, but you will have to leap."
Quatrain
400
Daily Double-What is acquired meaning of "Variety is the spice of life"?
The more experiences you try the more exciting life can be . . . Doing different things makes life interesting . . . etc.
400
"Any friend of yours is a friend of mine."
Cliche.
400
What is the meter below?
"Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun."
Blank verse
400
Clang! Clang!
Onomatopoeia.
400
"I am a yellow dog
who wishes he was
a purple-spotted frog."
Tercet.
500
"The Oval Office asked the television networks for air time on Monday night."
Metonymy
500
"In the end, the true test is not the speeches a president delivers; it’s whether the president delivers on the speeches."
Chiasmus.
500
Daily Double-Give an example of an iambic foot. If you can't, what is the stress order of the iamb?
"I DO." weak stress-strong stress
500
O brawling love! O loving hate! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!
Oxymoron
500
Daily Double-Make a short poem (that makes sense) with the following rhyme scheme:
a
b
a
b