"The Road Not Taken"
Who is the poet who wrote "The Road Not Taken" ?
Robert Frost
What figurative language device compares two unlike things using like or as?
simile
What is imagery?
Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
Stanza
What is a narrative?
A story that tells about a series of events.
"story" is fine!
Fill in the blank- this is the first line of the poem:
______ roads diverged in a yellow wood
Two
What figurative language device gives human qualities or actions to nonhuman things?
personification
"Rush, rush, race." What sound device is demonstrated by the repeated beginning sound?
alliteration
What is a single row of text in a poem called?
line
What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view?
First person uses "I" or "we"; third person uses "he," "she," or "they."
"wanted wear" is an example of...
alliteration
"I've told you a million times!" What figurative language device is being used?
hyperbole
"The moon was a silver coin floating in the night sky." Identify the figurative language device.
Metaphor
What is the intentional ending of one line and beginning of another called?
line break
A story begins with a character remembering an important event from five years earlier before returning to the present. What narrative technique is being used?
Flashback.
The poem has ____ stanzas.
"My backpack is a black hole." What figurative language device is being used?
metaphor
"The wind wrapped its icy fingers around the trees." Identify TWO examples of figurative language in this sentence.
Imagery + Personification
What is the blank, unprinted area surrounding the text of a poem called?
white space
What is the difference between a story's theme and its topic?
The topic is what the story is about; the theme is the message or lesson the author communicates about that topic.
"stood" and "could" is an example of...
assonance
(repetition of vowel sound in the middle of the words)
A writer describes a character's anger by saying, "A volcano erupted inside her." What is being compared, and why is this more effective than simply saying she was angry?
Her anger is compared to a volcano; it emphasizes the intensity and explosive nature of her emotions.
"Her words were like tiny arrows, piercing his confidence." Identify the figurative language device and explain what the comparison suggests.
Simile; her words are compared to arrows to suggest they were hurtful or damaging.
What is it called when a sentence or thought continues from one line of poetry to the next without a pause or end punctuation?
Enjambment
Sarah said "I can't believe we missed the bus".
"Neither can I" replied Jake.
A comma is needed after said before the opening quotation mark.
The period should be inside the closing quotation mark after bus.
A comma is needed after I inside the quotation marks before the dialogue tag replied Jake.