Literary Device
Poetry
AXES
Idiots or Idioms?
100
Words that sound like their meanings
What is onomatopoeia?
100
The "chunks" or groups of lines separated by spaces in a poem
What are stanzas?
100
A stands for
What is Assertion?
100
"It is raining cats and dogs" really means...
What is it is raining really hard?
200
Using like or as to compare two things
What is a simile?
200
Pattern of rhyme in a poem?
What is rhyme scheme?
200
E stands for..
What is Example?
200
What is havinh butterflies in my stomach?
300
Giving human-like characteristics to nonliving things such as animals
What is personification?
300
Characterized by rhyme, repetition, improvisation, and word play, frequently refer to issues of social justice, politics, race, and community.
What is Spoken Word or Slam Poetry?
300
X stands for
What is example?
300
What is hitting the hay aka going to bed?
400
What type of imagery is this: The trees rustled as the wind gently whistled through the leaves
What is auditory?
400
Writing chosen and arranged to create a certain emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm
What is poetry?
400
You use AXES for writing these two types of responses...
What is summaries and body paragraphs?
400
What is "Cat's got your tongue"?
500
The types of imagery are..
What are Auditory, Olfactory, Visual, and Kinesthetic?
500
A common way of writing that follows a natural flow of speech, using sentences and paragraphs, and following no rhyme scheme.
What is prose?
500
This proves that... is the start of this part of AXES.
What is the explanation?
500
What is snug as a bug in a rug?