Define Devices
That's the best place to make this device shine.
What is a rhyme?
A literary art that emphasizes stylized form to evoke emotion and deeper meaning. We've read many of these over the last two weeks.
What is a poem?
Two lines of verse make up this form,
And make them rhyme, or so is the norm.
What is a couplet?
Slithy toves gyre and gimble when they hear this nonsense ballad.
What is "Jabberwocky?"
In the 1990s, "all eyez" were on this hip hop artist, actor, activist, and poet who grew from a "crack in the concrete."
Who is Tupac Shakur?
With this device, practicing poets carefully construct sonically satisfying sentences with sequential sounds.
What is alliteration?
A row of words.
What is a line?
A Japanese form
Made of only three short lines
Of five, seven, five.
What is a haiku?
Through the metaphor of a red flower, this poem speaks of overcoming adversity.
What is "The Rose That Grew From Concrete?"
The rocks listen, the water is attentive, and the hills are alive when you use this device.
What is a personification?
A collection of lines, often grouped by thought or idea.
What is a stanza?
Stanzas of four lines and a few syllables make this form of narrative poetry distinct.
What is a ballad?
We marched to the beat of this wartime poem.
What is "Boots?"
Boots are movin' up and down as they march our way through the woods.
Who is Rudyard Kipling?
When you use this device, your classroom is a zoo, you're a busy beaver, and your time is money.
What is a metaphor?
These things give structure to poems.
What is a poetic form?
I threw away
The old structures
Of poetry and I became
Free.
What is free verse?
What is "Trees at Night?"
"Soft rains" fall on this war time poet.
Who is Sara Teasdale?
Boom! Snap! Crack! Zap! Pow!
What is onomatopoeia?
This word describes the "beat" of a poem.
What is rhythm?
What is an ode?
The true story of the Klondike Gold Rush is explored in this "fiery" poem that appeared on our quiz.
This writer likes describing trees at night.
Who is Helene Johnson?