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Figurative Language
Sounds of Poetry
Forms of Poetry
What am I?
Langston Hughes
100
What is words that appeal to the reader's senses. Ex: "The crimson red roses smelled sweet and intoxicating."
Imagery
100
What is occurs when a sound is repeated at the beginning of words. Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
100
What is a line of poetry in a poem?
Verse
100
"Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore."
Alliteration
100
What is the mood of "Harlem Night Song"
Romantic
200
What is a comparison between two unlike things not using the words like or as. Ex: "My husband is a lion."
Metaphor
200
What is words that sound like what they mean. Ex: BOOM!
Onomatopoeia
200
What is a grouping of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose?
Stanza
200
Moan, buzz, swish, whoosh, meow, sizzle, hiss!
Onomatopoeia
200
What is Madam's tone in "Madam and the Rent Man"?
Irritation
300
What is a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" Ex: Her heart is as big as the moon!
Simile
300
Occurs when a sound is repeated in the middle of words. Ex: "Slap Dash"
Assonance
300
What is poetry that does not rhyme and has no rhyme pattern? It depends entirely upon the power of its imagery to be classified as poetry.
Free Verse
300
It's so hot, I could fry an egg on the sidewalk!
Hyperbole
300
The images in "Harlem Night Song" appeal to which senses?
Sight and Sound
400
What is giving human qualities to non-human things. Ex: The trees whispered comfortingly in the wind.
Personification
400
What is when words rhyme within a line of verse
Internal Rhyme
400
From the Italian meaning: "little song." It is a strictly rhymed, fourteen line poem.
Sonnet
400
On Sarah's 8th birthday, her parents took her to her favorite burger shop, Heartattack Joe's. Although small and unasuming, Joe the chef made the best, juiciest, tastiest burgers around. When she first walked in, her mouth watered as she smelled the sweet aroma of cooking bacon, and her ears perked up as she heard the sizzle of the burgers on the grill. She couldn't wait to try the savory new taste of a Mushroom Cheese Burger!
Imagery
400
Along with sight, the images in "Winter Moon" appeal to which sense?
Touch
500
What is exaggeration for effect. Ex: I've lived a million lives by your side.
Hyperbole
500
What is the pattern of rhymes in a poem?
Rhyme Scheme
500
What is an object that stands for something larger than itself, usually an abstract concept?
Symbol
500
My heart aches and waits for you.
Personification
500
"Winter Moon" compares the author's feelings to a crescent moon. What do we call a metaphor that is drawn out beyond a usual word or phrase to extend throughout the entire stanza or poem?
Extended Metaphor