Definitions
What is a 'stanza'?
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.
Simple Simon says, “Sit still!”
Simple Simon says, “Sit still!”
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Flicker flicker little flame,
Falling fire fuels the frame.
Flicker flicker little flame,
Falling fire fuels the frame.
Sally sells seashells down by the seashore.
Sally sells seashells down by the seashore.
What is an 'adjective'?
Bobby brings bright blue balloons.
Bobby brings bright blue balloons.
Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
Double bubble gum bubbles double.
Double bubble gum bubbles double.
Crisp crusts crackle and crunch in the cold.
Crisp crusts crackle and crunch in the cold.
What is 'alliteration'?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
Greedy goats gobbled green grass greedily.
Greedy goats gobbled green grass greedily.
The great gray geese grazed on green grain.
The great gray geese grazed on green grain.
Lesser leather never weathered
wetter weather better.
Lesser leather never weathered
wetter weather better.
The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.
The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.
What does 'onomatopoeia' refer to?
Words that mimic sounds
Seven slippery snakes slither silently southward.
Seven slippery snakes slither silently southward.
I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw I ever saw!
I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw I ever saw!
A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
What is 'hyperbole'?
Extreme exaggeration
Fred’s friends found five fat frogs on Friday.
Fred’s friends found five fat frogs on Friday.
Whether the weather is warm,
Whether the weather is hot,
We’ll weather the weather,
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
Whether the weather is warm,
Whether the weather is hot,
We’ll weather the weather,
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy,was he?
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy,was he?
If practice makes perfect, and perfect needs practice,I’m perfectly practiced and practically perfect!
If practice makes perfect, and perfect needs practice,I’m perfectly practiced and practically perfect!