A technique that creates sounds in the reader's mind. The poet may use words like sizzle, zip, splat, drip drop, or boom!
What is onomatopoeia?
100
to discover or figure out.
What is the meaning of "determine?"
100
In poetry the lines act like sentences and the stanzas act like...
What are paragraphs?
100
Word meanings are not directly described, but need to be inferred from context.
What is an inference?
200
___________ : essay :: clause: sentence
What is a paragraph?
200
Extreme exaggeration.
Examples: "I've been waiting on you forever."
"I have a million things to do tonight."
What is hyperbole?
200
Clearly expressed or obvious.
What is the meaning of "explicit?"
200
A structure in which the poet arranges the stanzas with a repeating or predictable pattern.
What is fixed form?
200
Other words are used in the sentence with similar meanings.
What is a synonym?
300
bird : feathers :: fish : _________
What are scales?
300
A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea, or an animal is given human characteristics. Non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings.
Example: The sky weeps.
What is personification?
300
on topic; appropriate.
What is the definition of "relevant?"
300
Poetry that tells a story.
What is a narrative poem?
300
Often signaled by the words whereas, unlike, or as opposed to.
Hint: Remember anti means "against."
What is an antonym?
400
volcano : __________ :: geyser : water
What lava?
400
Language that goes beyond the dictionary meaning of words. It is imaginative and suggestive rather than literal.
What is figurative language?
400
coming after something in time; following.
What is the definition of "subsequent?"
400
Always contains 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?
400
Intentionally or unintentionally using other's words or ideas without given credit to your source.
What is plagiarism?
500
insomnia : sleep :: _____________ : read
What is dyslexia?
500
a figure of speech thatompares two objects or things without using the words "like" or "as". (Also, suggests a likeness or analogy between them.)
Example: "His head was spinning with ideas."
What is metaphor?
500
to incorporate or combine.
What is a definition of "integrate?"
500
author of "Dreams" and "A Dream Deferred."
Who is Langston Hughes?
500
A slight difference in or shade of connotation (meaning).
Hint: You guys did a class assignment dealing with this.