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What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things.
What is this an example of?
"Boom! RUMBLE! POW!
Onomatopoeia
What is a simile?
A simile is a comparison between unlike things using like or as.
What happens to John Henry in the end?
He beat the steam drill, but he died.
What is personification?
Personification is speaking of something that is not human as if it had human abilities, emotions, and reactions.
What poem is an example of an extended metaphor?
The Sea
How does McBean offer to help both groups?
He offers to either give them a star on their belly or remove a star from their belly.
What was the conflict in "The Sneetches?"
The Star-Belly Sneetches thought they were better than the Plain-Belly Sneetches.
What two things are being compared in "The Sea?"
the sea and a hungry dog
The stars danced as the crescent moon seemed to smile at throughout the night of their adventure.
personification
What kind of poem is "John Henry?"
ballad, a type of narrative poem
When 2 or more words in a line/sentence start with a consonant!
What is a consonant?
What does John Henry predict as a child?
He predicted that the hammer will be the death of him.
What does imagery appeal to?
our senses (sight, smell, taste, touch, hear)
What is the theme of "The Sneetches?"
Do not judge someone based on their appearance.
What element of poetry is most likely to stick in our minds and why?
the refrain, because words or lines are repeated
What kind of person was Sylvester McMonkey McBean?
He was a scammer
What is this an example of?
"The rumbling, tumbling stones"
internal rhyme
What is free verse?
Free verse is a style of poetry that doesn't have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
What was John Henry's role in building the railroad?
a steel-driver
What did John Henry die from?
exhaustion
"The Sea" uses what kind of metaphor?
extended metaphor
What is "tone?"
Tone is the feeling expressed by the speaker (the person writing the poem)
What is the tone of "John Henry?"
proud
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem.
I had a cat
he was so fat
he could not
would not
sit on his mat
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