I compare two things using the words "Like" or "As"
What is a simile
100
I am the LITERAL DICTIONARY definition of a word
What is Denotation
100
She walks in beauty, like the night
What is a simile
100
He stood against his foe,
A brave lion...
What is a metaphor
100
The Wind is Kissing
The morning grasses, leaving
Dew, lip residue.
What is a Haiku
200
I compare two things WITHOUT using "Like" or "As"
What is a Metaphor
200
I am the INFERRED or IMPLIED meaning of a word with negative or positive meanings attached.
What is Connotation
200
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
What is Alliteration
200
"I have the measles and the mumps,
a gash, a rash and purple bumps."
- Shel Silverstein
What is Rhyme
200
There once was a man from Peru,
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe,
In the middle of the night
He awoke with a fright
To find that his dream had come true
What is a Limerick
300
I give human or living characteristics to a non-living thing
What is Personification
300
I am an object which represents a larger idea
What is a Symbol
300
using the word "willowy" or "gaunt" to describe someone who is not very large. Because emotions are connected to either choice
What is Connotation
300
using Skinny, gaunt, thin, willowy, slight, or small interchangeably because they all mean, essentially, the same thing in the dictionary
What is Dennotation
300
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What is a Concrete Poem
400
I make the end of each word in a line sound like the end of the previous line's word.
What is Rhyme
400
When the beginning of words in a line all sounds the same or start with the same sound.
What is Alliteration
400
The Cross, for example, means "Christian"
What is a Symbol
400
BANG! Buzzzzzz POW! hummmmm
What is Onomatopoeia
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
Give all three major types of poems!
1. tells a story
2. deals with emotions and individual perspective of the poet
3. teaches by describing a situation or event
What are
1. Narrative
2. Lyric
3. Descriptive
Poems
500
I am a word that is said exactly how it sounds
What is Onomatopoeia
500
I am a reference to another poem, work of art, or historical figure or event
What is Allusion
500
The tree was bent over the stream, as if admiring its reflection...
What is Personification
500
The sunrise made it seem as if a Hephestian forge had appeared behind the mountains...
What is Allusion
500
A 14 line poem, with 10 syllables per line, 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet at the end.