Figurative Language and Poetic Devices
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Something that is obvious.
What is evident?
How poems are organized, instead of sentences.
What is a line?
What the whole poem is about.
What is the main idea?
The word that best connects these two ideas.
"I like reading, _____ I like math, too."
The meaning of "He's an absolute sloth in the mornings."
What is "He moves slowly in the morning."
To regret something.
What is rue?
A group of lines.
What is a stanza?
The message or lesson of a piece of writing.
What is theme?
Name 3 of the 5 W's in summarizing.
Who, what, where, when, why.
What is an example of personification?
The definition of transfixed.
Also known as the poem's rhyming pattern.
What is rhyme scheme?
The attitude or feelings of a piece of writing.
What is tone?
A copper beech is a kind of...
What is a tree?
The repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of a line
What is anaphora?
An example of something that is mystical.
(Any example that would be considered "out of this world.")
The word you look at to determine the rhyme scheme.
What is the last word?
How you figure out tone.
What is looking at the style and words the author uses?
The word that best connects these two ideas:
"I'm tired today, ________ I didn't sleep well last night."
What is "because"?
The reason writers use allusions.
To make a connection
BOTH definitions of the word "ground."
What is "earth's surface"? What is "to break into tiny pieces"?
The rhyme scheme of this poem:
"Imagine a pig
in a purple wig.
Imagine a car
reaching a star."
What is AABB?
How you check your answer.
What is find proof in the text?
The reason poets use anaphora.
What is emphasizing an idea?