Poetry Terms
A group of lines in the poem (like a paragraph)
What is a stanza?
Moment where interest and intensity reach their highest point
What is the climax?
What is the rhyme scheme?
What is ABABC?
The speaker compares herself to...
What is a bird?
Androcles is wondering about the forest in which part of the plot?
What is the exposition?
Gives an animal or object human qualities
What is personification?
"Victory is sweet, but may come at a price" is an example of...
What is a theme?
"He shall ride the silver seas" is an example of what?
What is alliteration?
The speaker urges readers to...
What is take risks?
Androcles becomes fearful when...
What is when he comes upon a groaning lion?
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
Hints or clues as to events that are to occur in the story
What is foreshadowing?
Two words to compare and contrast Penelope and Odysseus?
Penelope: What is boring, repetitive, monotonous?
Odysseus: What is exciting, adventurous, courageous?
"My wings pressing close to my side" (line 4) expresses what feeling?
What is fear?
What is the Emperor wants Androcles punished for escaping?
In an ABCA rhyme scheme, which lines would rhyme?
What is the first and last line?
Narrator is all knowing and can see into the minds of all characters
What is 3rd person omniscient point of view?
What is the difference in punctuation between stanza 1 and stanza 2?
What are commas and semicolons?
The speaker's feelings in the last line are represented through...
What is repetition?
The main theme in "Androcles and the Lion" is...
What is being kind to others matters?
What is compare and contrast?
A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter
What is tone?
What is not all heroes do grand actions? Or something else approved by Mrs. Overcott/Ms. Fittante
The figure of speech used throughout the poem
What is an extended metaphor?
What is the Emperor was impressed by Androcles and no longer thinks of him as a low slave?