Figurative Language
Figurative Language 2
I understand Poetry
Use it in a Sentence
You said what about poetry?
100
comparison of two or more things not using "like" or "as"
metaphor
100
when one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines.
simile
100
Poems are written in these; they are usually numbered
lines
100
Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.
What is being Compared in the above
Chicago and a Dog
100
Who is this famous poet?
William Shakespeare
200
writing that uses the five senses to create "pictures"
imagery
200
giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea
personification
200
A Group of lines in a poem
Stanza
200
Lives of great men remind us / We can make our lives sublime;
And, departing, leave behind us / Footprints on the sands of time.
This is an example of......
metaphor
200
Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile
This is an example of.....
alliteration
300
repeating the same starting sounds of words.
alliteration
300
when a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize
repetition
300
When the poet creates feeling or atmopshere
Mood
300
When you, my Dear, are away, away, / How wearily goes the day.
A year drags after morning, and night / Starts another year
This is an example of which Figurative Language
Hyperbole
300
Who is this famous poet?
Tupac
400
exaggeration for effect
hyperbole
400
when a words pronunciation imitates its sound
onomatopoeia
400
Ms Leah is a poet. ( true/false)
true
400
The tear-drop trickled to his chin: / There was a meaning in her grin
rhyme
400
How many lines and syllables in a haiku
3 lines (5,7 5) syllables
500
Reference to a well known character or person
allusion
500
when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected
irony
500
What is one of the most important rules to remember when reading a poem
To keep reading each line stopping and pausing only when you get to punctuation.
Punctuation is very important in helping you understand a poem.
500
Drip-hiss-drip-hiss- fall the raindrops.
onomatopoeia
500
Name at least 3 types of Poetry
Rhymed Poetry-rhyming words at the end of each line or couplet; Epic Poem-An epic poem is a long poem that tells a story; Ballad-typically tells a dramatic or emotional story; Acrostic-pells out a name, word, phrase or message with the first letter of each line of the poem; Elegy-have a set subject: death; Ode-praise a person, event or thing; Limerick-are funny (and sometimes rude!) poems; The last line is often the punchline; Sonnet-sonnets are made up of 14 lines and usually deal with love; Free verse-Free verse can rhyme or not, it can have as many lines or stanzas as the poet wants, and it can be about anything you like; Haiku-haikus consist of just three lines (tercet); the first and third lines have five syllables, whereas the second has seven