Poetic Devices
What is a simile?
People in the same family (or family group) as someone else.
Who is William Shakespeare?
The headgear famously worn (and named) by the rapper whose stage name begins with "Pooh."
What is a shiesty?
What is a metaphor?
To be born of noble birth; to be a royal or aristocrat.
What is the meaning of highborn?
This tale of star-crossed lovers is known by everyone -- even Leonardo DiCaprio.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
The approximate number of cavalry involved in the Charge of the Light Brigade.
What is 600?
My dad's snoring wakes up everyone on earth -- according to this kind of figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
To separate.
What is the meaning of dissever?
The strange story of an old duke, exiled to a tropical island with his daughter, who uses magic to take revenge on his enemies.
What is The Tempest?
The original name for a ski mask, named after a place in the Crimean Peninsula, where a famous battle was fought in 1854.
What is a balaclava?
When a line in poetry stops where the phrase or sentence would logically end.
What is end-stopping?
The human-like, winged, heavenly throne room guardians as described by the ancient Hebrew prophet Isaiah; angels.
What is the meaning of seraphs?
This animated classic is a modern retelling of the royal drama Hamlet, where a young prince must defeat his uncle, to avenge his father's devious murder.
What is The Lion King?
This unit of measurement is approximately 3 miles, or how long someone can travel in an hour by walking, appears three times at the beginning of "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
What is a league?
When a line in poetry finishes before the
phrase or sentence ends.
What is enjambment?
A tomb or burial place.
What is the meaning of sepulchre?
Not everyone has seen the thriller Macbeth, but every child knows how Macbeth's doorman answers himself with these words when he utters, "Knock, knock."
This Lord led the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade, and is forever remembered in name of what he made his men wear: a knitted sweater that opens in the front.