Literary Tools
Don't show your teeth on this one. Instead you're comparing two things using like or as
Simile
What is the name of the competition where 5 random audience members judge poetry on a numerical scale?
Poetry Slam
This was a poetry event that brought teams together from across the US and Canada to compete. It also included workshops and tons of fun activities for an entire week. It took place in various cities across America.
The National Poetry Slam
Removing your hat and throwing it across the stage or into the audience will get you disqualified because it can be consider one of these?
A Prop
This is the University your instructor attended as an Undergrad
Fredonia
I've told you a million times. Okay, not really. That may be an exaggeration, or this literary tool
Hyperbole
What city was the first poetry slam created?
Chicago
This European city known for it's free speech and rebellion used Spoken word as a tool to fight oppression as they helped tear down a very famous wall. It is also home to the Wicked poetry slam
Berlin, Germany
After 3 minutes, your time penalty doesn't immediately begin. You get a grace period of this many seconds before you start to lose points on your score
10 seconds
Your instructor got his first ever poetry slam win at that historic venue located in Manhattan
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
They say that seeing is believing. You may not be able to actually it it, but this tool allows you to paint a picture in your mind with their words.
imagery
This man is known as the creator of the Poetry Slam. (Although it was perfected years later)
Marc Smith
This is a competition that invites colleges to form poetry slam teams to compete on a National stage. You don't need to know the full name, just the abbreviated nickname will do.
CUPSI
If you're building your poem using the P.O.E.T.R.Y acronym, the T stands for this
You may not have heard this, but your instructor has the same number of Books released as Albums. If you search for it, you'll find this number of each (between 0-5)
2
Tick tock goes the clock. Tick tock. It's almost like you can hear it yourself using this literary tool
Onomatopoeia
This is the highest score you can get for a poem in a slam
30
The 9th ranked Poetry slam scene in the world resides in your back yard. Where the Buffalo Wings roam. What is the name of that poetry slam?
Pure Ink Poetry
This is the proper response when a host tells you that Poetry slam was created by a Chicago construction worker in the 1980's
So What?
Your instructor wrote his first award winning poem right here in the Fredonia campus in this Suite style residence hall
Igoe Hall
Nevermore, I say. Nevermore. This tool creates poems that are directly inspired by another piece of art.
Ekphrasis
The Nuyorican Poets cafe is a historic spoken word location and venue that hosted the top poets from around the world. It resides in this city.
New York City
This is the name of the Poetry Slam team from Australia, as goofy as it sounds, they're really good poets.
Slamalamadingdong
A judge is given a scorecard and is told to judge each poet on two things. Their content and this ___
Performance
What is the name of the art based diversity scholarship awarded on the Fredonia campus that encourages students to stand up, which is the opposite action of the person it's named after.
Rosa Parks