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
pattern between lines of a poem or a song, often symbolized by letters.
Example: ABAB CDCD.
What is rhyme scheme?
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
usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter.
What is a rhyming couplet?
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
A poem consisting of 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?
400
Intentionally or unintentionally using other's words or ideas without giving credit to your source.
What is plagiarism?
500
insomnia : sleep :: _____________ : read
What is dyslexia?
500
a figure of speech that compares 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
A meter composed of 10 syllables (unstressed and stressed) that Shakespeare used when writing in verse.
What is iambic pentameter?
500
A slight difference in or shade of connotation (meaning).
Hint: You guys did a class assignment dealing with this.