Literary Devices
What literary device is this?
"Sizzle"
Onomatopoeia
What is the name of this poem? (Life of a ____)
"They put me in the oven to bake.
Me, a deprived and miserable cake.
Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.
Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble."
Life of a Cupcake
What type of poem doesn't have a rhyme scheme?
Free verse poetry
Maya Angelou wrote which alliteratively titled poem?
Harlem Hopscotch
A group of lines of poetry (like a paragraph)
Stanza
What are the 5 types of imagery?
Visual, Tactile, Olfactory, Gustatory, Auditory
What fruit appears in the poem "This is Just to Say"?
Plums
What type of poem has three lines, the first and last have 5 syllables, and the second has 7?
What two animals are contrasted in the second line of "The Summer Day"?
Swan and Black Bear
Which sonnet did Ms. Urosevic do her sample presentation on?
Sonnet 18
What device is a reference to something, usually a work of art or other cultural artifact or phenomenon?
Allusion
What device is used in these lines:
"Its smile reminds you of your father, who does not smile."
Irony
A type of poetic form that has a specific rhyme scheme and is always 14 lines
Sonnet
Who wrote "A Violence"?
Nicole Sealy
What is one text-to-text connection that Ms. Urosevic Made in her sample presentation?
Romeo and Juliet, The Fault in our Stars, Most Importantly Love
What type of device is used as an understatement? For example: I got an A+ on my test, but who cares?
Litotes
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154
How many stanzas are in "The Summer Day"?
1
Who asked: "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
Mary Oliver
How many methods of interpretation are you expected to do for your presentation?
8
Juxtaposition
In Rupi Kaur's "Most Importantly Love", what are three things that she says are NOT as important?
Job, degree, money, this page, where you're sitting
How many poems are in the poetry package that Ms. U gave you?
7
Finish the lines in this poem by "Shel Silverstein":
If you are a dreamer, come in,
If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,
A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic _____ _____.
Bean Buyer
How many V words were there in the V for Vendetta speech?
49