a figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison
What is simile
100
the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters
What is tone
100
the repitition of initial consonant sounds - for example "maggie and milly and molly and may"
What is alliteration
100
a poem that lacks regular rhythm and rhyme
What is free verse
100
What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza:
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth"
from "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
What is ABAAB
200
words whose sounds express or suggest their meaning - for example: buzz, whack, thud
What is onomatopoeia
200
the prevailing emotions of a work or author
What is mood
200
rhyme that occurs at the end of a line
For example: Those same wrongs
Help me write this song.
What is end rhyme
200
Describe the speaker in "I, too, Sing America."
He is a man who is experiecing inequality. He is waiting for the day in which everyone is treated equal.
200
"fierce as a dog"
from "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg
What is simile
300
a figure of speech in which two or more things are compared without using the words "like" or "as"
What is metaphor
300
a word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the senses
What is imagery
300
rhymes that have sounds that are similar, but are not exactly the same
For example: star and were
What is slant rhymes
300
What is a theme of "Annabel Lee?"
Love is not temporary.
300
"can ever dissever my soul from the soul"
from "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe
What is internal rhyme
400
a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics - for example: a shell that sang
What is personification
400
the recurring use of a sound, word, phrase, or line
What is repetition
400
rhyme that occurs within a line instead of at the end of a line
For example: Could ever dissever my soul from the soul
What is internal rhyme
400
Describe the speaker in "The Road Not Taken."
He is a traveler who wants to experience as much as possible.
400
"Back window's cracked,
Kitchen floor squeaks,
There's rats in the cellar,
And the attic leaks."
from "Madam and the Rent Man" by Langston Hughes
What is imagery
500
a person, place, or thing that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well
For example: the ocean in "maggie and milly and molly and may" represents more than just an ocean
What is symbol
500
the lesson about life given, or one of the topics covered in a poem
What is theme
500
the pattern of rhyming words at the ends of lines of poetry
What is rhyme scheme
500
Which poem described its characters based on what they "found in the sea."
"maggie and milly and molly and may"
500
"They tell me you are wicked and I believe them"
from "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg