Figurative Language
A comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
In poetry, a stanza is similar to _________ which is always found in regular written text such as essays, articles, and books.
What is a paragraph?
True or False: Music is poetry.
True
Provide an example of a simile.
What is the figurative language being used? "My love is like a red, blooming rose"
What is a simile?
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
what is a couplet?
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
What type of figurative language is in the line "The wind whispered through the trees"?
What is personification?
When would somebody recite an elegy?
At a funeral.
The use of words to create an image in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
The structure of a poem is
The way the words, lines, and groups of lines are arranged
The author's attitude towards the topic or subject of the text.
What is tone?
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
Roses are red
Violets are blue
You're stuck in my head
Because I love you
ABAB
What type of figurative language is being used? "I'll love you until the end of the universe"
What is hyberbole?
Repetition of the same beginning consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
What is a sonnet?
A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and structure.
Writing that makes meaning through sound, image, style, and rhythm.
What is poetry?
Provide an example of irony AND identify which type of irony you are using. (Dramatic, Verbal, Situational)
Must provide example & identify the form of irony.
Language that contains figures of speech and departs from the literal meaning
What is figurative language?
What is free verse poetry?
Poetry that does not follow a regular rhyme scheme or meter.
The feeling, attitude, or distinct atmosphere of the text.
What is mood?
Who is the person responsible for "perfecting" and popularizing the sonnet?
Who is William Shakespeare?