Figurative Language
Figurative Language part deux
Poetry
Famous Poets
Random
100
I compare two unlike things using the words like or as
What is a Simile
100
Chimneys are bent legs bouncing on clouds below
What is metaphor
100
Work together to convey the overal message of the poem
What is Stanza
100
My last name is cold and you my nickname could be Bob. I also wrote "The Road Not Taken".
What is Robert Frost
100
The average height for a male in the United States
What is 5'10"
200
I give human qualities to nonhuman things
What is personification
200
Vine leaves speaking among themselves in abundant whispers.
What is personification
200
Sometimes a fictional character rather than the poet
What is speaker
200
My nickname was probably Bill and I am well known even though I have been dead for centuries. I wrote "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day".
What is William Shakespeare
200
The date of the attack of Pearl Harbor
What is December 7, 1941
300
I exaggerate something that cannot possibly be true
What is hyperbole
300
But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it.
What is extended metaphor
300
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line.
What is Rhythm
300
My initials are W.W. I am famous American Poet that wrote "Leaves of Grass"
What is Walt Whitman
300
Who was the boxer that bit his opponent's ear during a fight
What is Mike Tyson
400
A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning
What is idiom
400
Watch the wind bow down the grass
What is assonance
400
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
What is Rhyme
400
I wrote "The Raven" and other dark, creepy stories and poems.
What is Edgar Allan Poe
400
What is the only road sign shaped like a triangle
What is Yield
500
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words
What is alliteration
500
to fasten my feet
What is alliteration
500
The use of a word, phrase, line, or soundmore than once.
What is repetition
500
I am a female and one of the most popular poets in the world. I wrote "It's all I have to Bring Today". I have dark hair and it is always pulled back
What is Emily Dickinson
500
How many strings does the average guitar have
What is 6
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