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Boom, snap, crack!
What is an onomatopoeia
True or false:
A poem is organized by sentences and paragraphs, just like books.
What is false?
The rain trickled through like drops of golden sun.
What is a similie?
This figurative language uses word choice that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
The third planet from the sun/
Just finished it's yearly run/
When the clock counted 12:01/
A new year of fun had begun.
What is rhyme?
In books, we call this the narrator, in poetry- its the ______.
It was impossible to consider, but for what seemed like days (truly only mere moments) I made my choice.
What is a hyperbole?
This figurative language gives human qualities to things that are not human, but it does not work the other way around.
What is personification.
Like baby, baby, oh
Like baby, baby, baby no!
What is repetition?
This is how a poem makes you as the reader feel.
What is mood?
The book yawned open, revealing the story lost to untold generations.
What is personification?
This figurative language is an exaggeration beyond reasonable belief.
What is an hyperbole?
Peter Pieper Picked a peck of picked peppers. How many pecks of pickled peppers did peter pieper pick? Peter pieper pickled all the pickled peppers mr. Pieper could.
What is alliteration?
Daily double!
Poetry is a form of language that is often written with figurative language and rhythm, _____ is anything not poetry.
What is prose?
Daily Double!
While the material was easy before the test, the teacher soon increased the difficulty, like thinking the dogs bark is worse than it's bite.
What is an analogy?
This fig lang makes a comparison to clarify a statement.
What is an analogy?
When a poet wants to create______ or a set rhythm in their poem, they might make odd number lines have one set amount a syllables, and even number lines have a different set amount.
What is meter?
Check this for clues on tone of the poem
What is word choice?
The snow was a soft, clean pillow thrown onto the ground in sheets of white.
What is a metaphor?
This figurative language uses the same consonant sound repetitively.
What is alliteration?