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What is Poetry
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Miscellaneous
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True or False: Poetry is a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form.
What is True?
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What is form?
The way a poem looks on a page.
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True or False: All poems MUST follow the same format?
False
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A comparison using signal words such as like or as.
What is Simile? Her eyes shone like stars. His breath smelled like rotten garbage. Her hair smelled like fresh roses.
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Words rhyme if they sound __________.
What is alike/similar?
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Poems often use ________ to help readers create a mental picture or idea. A. Rhymes B. Similes C. Mood D. Imagery
What is Imagery?
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What do you call a group of words together on one line of a poem?
What is a Line? "Chartless“ EmilyDickinson 1 I never saw a moor, 2 I never saw the sea, 3 Yet I know how the heather looks 4 and what a wave must be.
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The _____________ of a poem is the voice that relates the story or ideas of the poem. The ______________ may be the poet, speaking directly to the reader, or the ___________ may be a character or voice created by the poet. A. Speaker B. Author C. Audience D. Producer
What is the speaker?
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What is personification?
Personification is when you give human qualities to something that is not human. The warm smile of the sun. The raindrops gently kissed my face. The raindrops played a loud beat on my roof.
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Poetry is ment to be read ___________. A. At home B. Silently C. At school D. Out loud
What is Out Loud.
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True or False: Poetry can be written about anything?
What is True?
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What is a stanza?
A group of lines. A tad pole hasn’t a pole at all, And he doesn’t live in a hole in the wall. You’ve got it wrong: a pole cat’s not A cat on a pole. And I’ll tell you what:
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What is imagery?
Language that appeals to the reader’s five senses-sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Helps reader create a picture in the their mind or to remind them of a familiar sensation.
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A ______________ is a direct comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. A. Simile B. Rhyme C. Couplet D. Metaphor
What is Metaphor? Into the sea of death. All the world’s a stage, and we are merely players.
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chug,chug. Puff,puff,puff. Ding-dong,ding-dong. "Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinng! Each of the above are examples of: A. Metaphors B. Onomatopoeia C. Imagery D. Personification
What is Onomatopoeia The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
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Name a form of Japanese poetry that consists of 3 lines (5,7,5 syllables) and is often about nature. A. Haiku B. Sonnet C. Triplet D. Numeric
What is a Haiku?
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True or False: Every poem must have at least 3 stanzas?
What is False?
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Mood is the feeling that a poem creates for the ____________. It can be positive or negative. Mood can be made with the length of the sentences, chosen words, and word sounds.
What is reader?
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A ____________ is an extreme exaggeration often used for emphasis. A. Rhyme B. Triplet C. Hyperbole D. Figure of Speech
A. Hyperbole I’ve told you a million times! If I can’t buy that new game, I will die. Her brain is the size of a pea.
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Between the lower east side tenements the sky is a snotty handkerchief. - Marge Piercy The above is an example of: A. Simile B. Personification C. Hyperbole D. Metaphor
What is Metaphor?
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What is the name for a poem with only two lines?
What is a couplet?
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If a 2 line poem is called a couplet and a 3 line poem is called a triplet, what would be the most likely name for an 8 line poem?
What is Octet?
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Writers may use ___________ language when they choose words and phrases that help readers picture ordinary things in new ways. _______________ language conveys a meaning beyond the ordinary, literal meaning. (Literal means exact.)
What is Figurative?
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The attitude the AUTHOR takes toward the subject or audience of the poem. A. Voice B. Mood C. Tone D. Anger
What is Tone?
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The wind stood up and gave a shout. He whistled on his fingers and Kicked the withered leaves about And thumped the branches with his hand. This is an example of: A. Onomatopoeia B. Personification C. Imagery D. Hyperbole
What is Personification?