Figures of Speech
The figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as"?
What is a Metaphor?
Explain what alliteration is.
What is all the words starting with the same letter?
A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.
What is a Sonnet?
The continuation of a sentence or phrase beyond the end of a line or stanza.
What is enjambment?
A poem by William Wordsworth that describes himself as "lonely as a cloud."
What is "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?
The figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a Simile?
The sound device that creates a musical, almost melodic effect
What is Assonance?
A narrative poem often set to music that tells a story.
What is Ballad?
“Because I could not stop for Death— / He kindly stopped for me—” by Emily Dickinson
What is Diction?
In "The Eagle" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, this bird represents strength and power
What is the eagle?
The figure of speech that gives human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract concepts.
What is Personification?
The use of words that imitate natural sounds.
What is Onomatopoeia?
A three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure.
What is Haiku?
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
What is symbolism?
This Shakespearean sonnet explores beauty and immortality by preserving the beloved's image in poetry.
What is "Sonnet 18"?
"I've told you a million times" is an example of what figure of speech.
What is Hyperbole?
William Shakespeare uses the classic Shakespearean Sonnet to describe which sound devices.
What is a Rhyme Scheme?
A 19-line poem with a complex rhyme scheme and repeating lines.
What is Villanelle?
The central idea or underlying message in a poem.
What is theme?
This poem by Robert Frost uses roads as a metaphor for life choices.
What is "The Road Not Taken"?
This figure of speech occurs when an event or words are the opposite of what is expected.
What is Irony?
Please take the rake to the garage.
What is assonance?
A verse form with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables.
What is tanka?
"Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is an example of which poetic style?
What is the theme of the fleeting nature of power?
The ruined statue of Ozymandias represents this.
What is the impermanence of power?