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Stanza
Literary Devices
Imagery
Poetry Elements
Examples
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What is a stanza consisting of 4 lines called?
A quatrain
100
What is a "simile"?
A concrete comparison using "like" or "as" to compare two items.
100
What is visual imagery?
Imagery that invokes things that you can see.
100
What is "symbolism"?
A poem will convey ideas and thoughts using symbols.
100
Which device does this line use? "She was swallowed by the waves"
Personification
200
What is a stanza consisting of 3 lines called?
A tercet
200
What is "alliteration"?
Several words in a sentence that begin with the same alphabet sound or syllable sound.
200
What is tactile imagery?
Description that evokes the sense of touch.
200
What is "theme"?
The central idea or lesson the poet wants to convey.
200
What devices do these lines use from "Uncoiling"? "Boulders retreat like crabs/ into themselves."
Simile and Personification
300
What is a stanza consisting of 5 lines called?
A cinquain
300
What is "personification"?
Giving human qualities to non-human items.
300
What is aural imagery?
Images created through sound.
300
What is "meter"?
The basic structural make-up of the poem. A controlled pattern of rhyme.
300
What seems to be the speaker's tone in these lines? "Howling leaves off trees, flesh off bones."
Anger and frustration.
400
What is a stanza consisting of 6 lines called?
A sestet
400
What is "onomatopoeia"?
A word that imitates the sound it describes.
400
What kind of imagery does Mora use when she shapes the stanzas like tornadoes?
Visual Imagery
400
What type of poem does not have a rhyme scheme?
Free Verse
400
What relationship is presented in this poem?
A rocky relationship between mother and daughter.
500
What is the shape of "Uncoiling?"
The stanzas are in the shape of tornadoes.
500
"She sighs clouds" is an example of what literary device?
Personification
500
What do you imagine when you read "head thrown back, eyes closed, roars?"
An angry woman.
500
What is "imagery"?
A device used by the poet for readers to create an image in their imagination.
500
What is happening in these lines? "Until she becomes/ sound, spins herself/ to sleep."
The storm is clearing. The calm after the storm.