Poetic Devices
A comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as" is an example of...?
What is a metaphor
A poem that you create by cutting words and images from a magazine or book
What is a "found" poem
An idea that recurs in or is the basis of a work of art is...? *hint: Love is one in E.E. Cummings poem I Carry Your Heart With Me
What is a theme
"Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers" is an example of...?
What is alliteration
Mr. Gosse's favorite sport
What is hockey
When an author gives human characteristics to something nonhuman it is called...?
What is personification
A poem written in the shape of what it is about
What is a concrete poem
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem. *hint: they look like paragraphs in a poem.
What is a stanza or verse
Her eyes were an ocean of tears is an example of...?
What is metaphor
Mr. Gosse's favorite food
What is potatoes
When someone exaggerates and stretches the truth for emphasis, it is an example of?
What is hyperbole
This poem is a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art.
What is an ekphrastic poem
Two lines of poetry that follow each other and rhyme.
What is a couplet
I was so hungry that I could eat a whole elephant is an example of...?
What is hyperbole
Where Mr. Gosse lived two years ago. *Hint: they speak French there.
Where is Montreal
A word that sounds like what it is describing is...?
What is Onomatopoeia
A poem where each line starts with a letter of the word that describes the subject of the poem.
What is an acrostic poem
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem. (ABAB CDCD)
What is a rhyme scheme
Bang, boom, zip, and screech are all examples of...?
What is Onomatopoeia
Mr. Gosse hates this kind of fruit
What is a banana
When a series of words start with the same letter or sound.
What is alliteration
When a poet repeats a word or line to emphasize its importance.
What is repetition or refrain.
"The rain was upset that the bride's wedding wasn't ruined" is an example of...?
What is Personification
Mr. Gosse loves them and often asks the class these in the morning or while we are waiting to go into Exploratory
What are riddles