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Haiku
Jabberwocky
Nonsense Words
100
the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
a short poem in which the author expresses their thoughts or feelings about an object
What is a lyric poem?
100
the number of syllables in the first and third line.
What is 5?
100
"The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!" is an example of this poetic device.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
brillig
What is 4 o'clock in the afternoon?
200
a comparison between two things using like or as
What is simile?
200
a poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
200
the number of syllables in the second line.
What is 7?
200
What the hero does with the Jabberwock's head
What is he takes it home as a prize.
200
tove
What is a kind of badger?
300
A comparison between two things NOT using like or as.
What is metaphor?
300
the pattern of rhyme at the ends of the lines in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
300
each haiku makes a statement about what part of nature?
What is one of the four seasons?
300
the book in which "Jabberwocky" is found
What is Through the Looking Glass.
300
borogove
What is a decrepit looking bird with its feathers sticking out?
400
uses creative comparisons to picture ordinary things in new ways
What is figurative language?
400
a poem with a total of 17 syllables in 3 lines, arranged in 5-7-5 form.
What is a haiku?
400
What is the symbol found in Matsuo Basho's haiku about spring?
What is plum blossoms?
400
The kind of sword the young hero carries
What is a vorpal sword?
400
wabe
What is the area around a sundial
500
giving a non-human thing human capabilities or characteristics.
What is personification?
500
a person, place, object, or activity that stands for more than itself.
What is a symbol?
500
What does the bare branch symbolize in the second Matsuo Basho haiku?
What is the end of autumn.
500
The repetition of the first and last stanza of this poem tells us this.
What is life went back to the way it was before after the young hero kills the Jabberwock.
500
mome rath
What is a little green pig who lost his way from home?