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The repetition of consonant sounds in several words, usually at the beginning of the words. (Example: “Harry hurried home”)
What is alliteration
100
Buzz is an example of what literary term?
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Mexican-American poet who wrote “Legal Alien.”
What is Pat Mora?
100
Poetry that uses repetition and brings together many different images with the use of lists is called:
What is catalog poetry?
100
Setting of “Woman Work”?
What is a Southern plantation?
200
Comparison developed over several lines of writing or an entire poem, without the use of like or as.
What is extended metaphor?
200
The attitude expressed toward a subject or audience (the emotion of the poem) is called the:
What is tone?
200
Famous playwright from the 1600s who wrote “The Seven Ages of Man”
Who is William Shakespeare?
200
The use of language in poetry that appeals to one of our five senses (sight, touch, hearing, etc.)
What is imagery?
200
The type of rhyme that Rap artists most often use.
What is slant rhyme?
300
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning; they sound like what they mean (clang, buzz, meow).
What is onomatopoeia?
300
The speaker in “Legal Alien.”
Who is Pat Mora?
300
When a poet assumes the role of someone very different from himself.
What is taking on a persona?
300
This is an example of what literary term? Thomas took Trudy to the track.
What is an example of alliteration?
300
A poem that uses several examples of onomatopoeia
What is "American Hero"
400
Expresses a comparison by using a word such as like or as (Mrs. Hunt eats like a horse).
What is simile?
400
"Daily" is what kind of poem?
Catalog Poetry
400
The setting for the poem “A Blessing”
What is a horse pasture?
400
An example of what literary term:The fog comes on little cat feet
What is metaphor?
400
A poem that uses the most examples of alliteration
What is "The Base Stealer"
500

There was a storm approaching. The clouds looked angry and the wind was screaming through the trees... Is an example of? 

Metaphor

500
What the poet compares a car to in "Tiburon"
What is a shark?
500
The simile in “The Seven Stages of Man” that describes the schoolboy’s attitude toward going to school.
What is "Creeping like a snail"
500
An example of what literary term: The boy creeps like a snail unwillingly to school.
What is simile?
500
What the poet compares the movements of the “base stealer” to.
What is a tight-rope walker?