Narrative & Lyric Poetry
How can we tell if a poem is narrative?
It tells a story. (We can put it on a plot map.)
Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification?
My little brother is a monster.
Metaphor
Name the literary device:
Peaches, pears, and pumpkin pie.
Alliteration
What is a pair of rhyming lines called?
Example:
Nature puts on little shows
Every time it rains or snows.
A couplet
What is a chunk of text, like a paragraph, called in a poem?
Is a haiku narrative or lyric?
lyric
Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification?
The fog crept in.
Personification
Name the literary device:
Crash! Bang! Pow!
Onomatopoeia
A stanza of four times is called -
A quatrain
What do we call the narrator of a poem?
The speaker
Is a ballad a lyric poem?
No.
Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification?
His sense of humor was sharp like a jagged rock.
Simile
Name the literary device:
I had no idea how important that little piece of paper would be in my life.
Foreshadowing
What specific type of poem is this?
There was an old man of Dumbree;
Who taught little owls to drink tea;
For he said, "To eat mice
is not proper or nice,"
That amiable man of Dumbree.
Limerick
scheme
Can a free verse be a narrative poem?
Yes.
Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification?
I have four tons of homework tonight.
Hyperbole
What do we call it when an author breaks from chronological order to show us something that has happened in the past?
Flashback
What type of poem is this?
An ocean voyage
As waves break over the bow
The sea welcomes me
Haiku
If a poem has no set form, we call it a -
free verse
Name three things a narrative poem must have.
Any three of these: full plot, characters, theme, setting, conflict.
Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification?
The rhythm of the poem danced and sang.
Personification
What is the difference between alliteration and rhyme?
Alliteration has same beginning sounds; rhyme has same ending sounds.
What type of poem is songlike, tells a story, and features love, sadness, and/or death?
Ballad
A free verse poem is -
A) narrative
B) lyric
C) either one
C) - either one