Terms
"normal writing" (writing that isn't used in poetry)
prose
The metaphor used in "When It Is Snowing"?
the blue jay
is the only piece of
sky
blue skin
stanza
This type of music referred to in "We Real Cool" was associated with delinquency and bad behavior
jazz
the way a poem or piece of writing makes the reader feel
mood
Which TWO literary devices are used here? "While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping"
alliteration and rhyme
A symbolic similarity in "When It Is Snowing"
Hope (represented by a bluejay on a snowy day and a little bit of sky poking through the cloud)
What is the rhyme scheme in this poem?
Maud went to college.
Sadie stayed at home.
Sadie scraped life
With a fine-tooth comb.
She didn’t leave a tangle in.
Her comb found every strand.
Sadie was one of the livingest chits
In all the land.
ABCB DEFE
Complete the line from "Abandoned Farmhouse":
the still-sealed jars in the cellar say ________________
she left in a nervous haste
a metaphor that shows many connections between two things
extended metaphor
What type of literary device is used here: “The light danced on the surface of the water.”
personification
This symbol in "A Poison Tree" that represents revenge
an apple
This element is used in "We Real Cool" to emphasize the word "we"
line breaks; enjambment
The poet who wrote "A Poison Tree"
William Blake
imagery
What literary device is used in "He was a big man, says the size of his shoes"?
personification
This symbol in "We Real Cool" symbolizes an exciting life that leads to an early death
the Golden Shovel
a stanza of four lines
quatrain
The number of poems we read together in class this year
6
Masks by Shel Silverstein
Abandoned Farmhouse by Ted Kooser
We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks
When It Is Snowing by Siv Cedering
Mother to Son by Langston Huges
A Poison Tree by William Blake
a poem written about an artwork
ekphrastic poem
The rhyme scheme of "A Poison Tree"
AABB
This detail from "Mother to Son" symbolizes small achievements.
"reachin' landings"
A pair of lines that rhyme
couplet
In "A Poison Tree", watering a tree and giving it sun are compared to these things that make anger grow
Crying from fear; Smiling to hide your true feelings