Poetry
More about Poetry!
Poetry/Figurative Language
Stuff you should know!
Life is full of Drama!
100
(Sound words that are used in a Poem) When a word is formed from the sound that an associated thing makes.
What is an onomatopoeia
100
when one line of poetry has two words rhyming within the single line.
What is internal rhyme.
100
A poem that does NOT Rhyme.
What is Free Verse.
100
The lesson or moral being taught in a story, poem, or drama.
What is the Theme.
100
The actors in a play are often called the...
What is the Cast.
200
A type of Poem that tells a story.
What is a Narrative Poem.
200
True or False...Sometimes poets use shorter line lengths as a poetic device. You must look at the poem as a whole and see if it's thinner or thicker than usual.
What is True..We saw this on the last CA.
200
Poets use something to represent something else.
What is Symbol
200
If I asked you to read the passage and tell me Who or What it was about and what does the author want me to know about the who or what, then what am I asking you to identify?
What is the main idea.
200
Directions that tell the actors where to go, how to say something, or what actions to do. They also give the reader a clearer picture about what's happening on stage.
What is Stage Directions.
300
A poem that has a musical feel and does not tell a story.
What is a Lyrical Poem.
300
Words rhyming at the end of the line
What is called End Rhyme.
300
Comparing two things by using like or as.
What is a Simile.
300
A good summary will include what four things?
What is the characters, problem, solution, and the main idea, theme, or lesson.
300
Plays are divided first into __________, and then into _________
What is Acts and then Scenes.
400
The pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line of a poem.
What is the Rhyme Scheme.
400
Two lines beside each other ending in rhyming words
What is called a Couplet.
400
Comparing two things without using like or as. Saying one thing IS another thing.
What is Metaphor.
400
Why are Origin Myths written?
What is to explain how something was started or came to be. (Remember when I read you the story about the Bluebonnets)
400
Why are plays divided into different Scenes?
What is because the setting changes in the play.
500
First initial sounds repeating in a line of poetry. The poet often uses this to remind you of something. (ie..A poem about snakes make have the repeating s, s, s, in the line to remind you of the hiss of the snake.)
What is Alliteration
500
The picture in your mind that a poem creates. Often poets use the five senses to help the reader create a more vivid picture.
What is Imagery.
500
Give me an example of a metaphor.
Answers will vary
500
What is Author's Purpose?
What is the reason an author wrote a piece of text, drama, or play. (Authors organize their ideas in a specific way so that they can achieve the purpose that they are writing for.)
500
Objects used in a play by actors on stage are...
What is Props.