Using Figurative Language-examples
Sound Devices
Styles/Types of Poetry
Name that Term/Element
Miscellaneous
100
"The cotton candy looked like a pink cloud."
What is a simile?
100
"Bang, woof, pow!"
What is onomatopoeia?
100
A poem in the shape of the topic it describes.
What is concrete poetry.
100
A matching of the same sounds at the end of verses.
What is END rhyme
100
A single row of words in a poem.
What is a line/verse?
200
Some may feel that high school is an odyssey to get to earn one's diploma.
What is Allusion.
ODYSSEY • Meaning: a long adventurous journey • Greek Myth: This term comes from Homer’s epic poem, “The Odyssey”. In it, the hero Odysseus takes nine long years to return from the Trojan War. Along his journey, he encounters many adventures and dangers. In modern day terms, an odyssey is a long journey—whether literal or metaphoric.
200
"Betty Bostleman bought blueberry bagels by Bowling Blue."
What is alliteration?
200
A three line poem using a pattern of 5 syllables in the first line-7 syllables in the second line- 5 syllables in the third line and focusing on nature; traditionally with a Japanese background.
What is Haiku poetry
200
A description of an object, animal, or an idea described as human or with human qualities.
What is personification?
200
This is the smallest division in a poem can be separated by a large space or an entire poem can be just one.
Stanza
300
"Friends are chocolate chips in the cookie of life."
What is a metaphor?
300
Determine the rhyme scheme:
"They put me in the oven to bake.
Me a deprived and miserable cake.
Feeling the heat I started to bubble.
Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble.”
What is:
A
A
B
B
(or AABB)
300
This poem originated from Greece set to a musical instrument and expresses a strong common emotion.
What is a Lyric Poem
300
A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
300
Poet's ATTITUDE towards a topic often found in his/her choice of words
Tone
400
What is a Pun.
400
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
AND MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP,
AND MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP."
***Hint notice way it is written in this single stanza
What is repetition?
400
This poem still has a rhyme scheme but no rhyme pattern; in form it looks more like regular conversation and talking.
What is Free Verse Poetry.
400
What is SAID is different than what is meant; often a form of sarcasm.
Verbal Irony
400
Are the poet and speaker of a poem always the same or can you name a poem we read in class where the speaker and the poet WERE not the same.
NO; they can be different; the speaker is similar to a narrator; EX: "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
500
When the young couple was first married they were so poor, they didn't have two cents to rub together.
What is a hyperbole?
500
Series of stressed and unstressed syllables/sounds; often arranged so the reader expects a similar set of syllables to follow.
rhythm
500
This poetry has 4-6 line stanzas with a refrain and tells a story of romance or hardship, often set to music.
What is ballad poetry
500
A joke or "play on words" often involving double meanings.
What is a pun?
500
Name a poet we read about and give a fact about him/her.
***EACH GROUP CAN ATTEMPT-BUT ONLY ONCE AND MUST BE A DIFFERENT ANSWER THAN ANOTHER GROUP.
Ms. Gilles will deem approval of response;)