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Poetry & Stuff
Easier than it sounds
What does that sound like?
Name that example
100

Vivid, descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses

What is imagery?

100

Similarity of sound between accented syllables

What is rhyme?

100

Giving something human qualities

What is personification?

100

"The horse danced gracefully across the field." is an example of what?

What is personification?

100

The following is an example of what?

The snow was like a blanket covering the ground.

What is a simile?

200

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as

What is a simile?

200

Writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language that is chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound and rhythm

What is poetry?

200

Using a word, phrase, or clause more than once

What is repetition?

200

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

What is alliteration?

200

Define this example: The sky was a field of cotton clouds.

What is a metaphor?

300

Comparing two things by using one kind of object in place of another to suggest the likeness between them

What is a metaphor?

300

A group of lines in a poem

What is a stanza?

300

Something that represents something else by association

What is a symbol?

300

Writer’s attitude toward the subject, material, and/or reader

What is tone?

300

The following is an example of what?

Sally the salamander slithered slowly across the sand.

What is alliteration?

400

Expression of two or more words that mean something other than the literal meaning of its individual words

What is an idiom?

400

Type of poem that tells a story

What is a narrative poem?

400

To explain a piece of literature in your own words

What is interpretation?

400

Repetition or similarity in sound between vowel sounds

What is assonance?

400

The following is an example of what?

Today it's raining cats & dogs.

What is an idiom?

500

A reference to a famous person, event or work of literature

What is an allusion?

500

An absent or nonexistent person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of understanding

What is an apostrophe?

500

To examine a piece of literature carefully

What is analyze?

500

Repetition or similarity in sound between consonant sounds

What is consonance?

500

Buzz, hiss, roar, woof, slam, bang...

These are examples of what?

What is an onomatopoeia?