Definition
What is the definition of personification?
Giving human qualities to something unhuman
A metaphor uses 'is' to compare two things
TRUE
What does Black symbolise?
Death or evil
What poetic device does the quote use?
"A new road to freedom passes this valley of death"
What is the repetition of sounds at the end of each poetry line called?
Rhyme
What is the term used to define words that imitate sound?
Onomatopeia
Similes allow readers to "hear' a sound while reading poetry.
FALSE
It is Onomatopeia
Name a common theme in poetry
LOVE/ HATE / FRIENDSHIP
"The buzzing bee flew away"
Onomatopeia
Complete the sentence
A stanza with 4 lines is called ...
A Quatrain
What is repetition?
The intentional repeating of a word, phrase, or line.
Internal rhyme is repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.
TRUE
What do people write poetry?
to express thought, ideas and emotions
"Don't act like a Romeo in front of her"
Simile
A writer can use a person, place, word, action, and object as a symbol
Symbolism
What is assonance?
The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.
Alliteration is the repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry.
FALSE
It is assonance
How many lines does a Cintrain have?
5
“O my Love is like a red, red rose”
Simile
Refers to the pattern of rhyme within the poem.
Rhyme pattern/ scheme
Define simile
"How now brown cow" is an example of a simile.
FALSE
It is assonance
Who is the author of "The Raven"?
Edgar Allan Poe
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
They are like sentences, except that writers aren’t obliged to punctuate the end of each line.
lines