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Poetic Devices
PEAL etc.
Active v. passive voice
Subject-verb agreement
Poems we've read
100

This literary device describes multiple words that start with the same letter and are close together.

Alliteration

100

The L in PEAL stands for what?

Link.

100
Is this sentence active or passive?


I did my homework.

Active.

100

Correct the subject-verb agreement 

Poems with lots of figurative language is hard to analyze.

Poems with lots of figurative language are hard to analyze.

100
These lines are from which poem?


"We left school. We/

Lurk late."

We Real Cool

200

This literary device is when the writer compares something to something else without using "like" or "as."

Metaphor or symbolism

200
Your analysis should be how many times as long as your evidence.

2-3 times

200
Is this sentence active or passive?


The summative was graded by the teacher. 

Passive.

200

Math class today include lots of practice problems.

Math class today includes lots of practice problems.

200

This poem uses repetition of "I can't" and then "I can" to compare Native traditions with her present reality.

moving camp too far
300

This is when words end with the same vowel or consonant sound but NOT both.

slant or imperfect rhyme

300

This is the punctuation used for a line break when citing poetry.

A slash (/)

300

Put this in the active voice. Keep the same verb tense.

The tree was climbed by many children.

Many children climbed the tree.

300

What is the subject and the verb of this sentence?

The cold, dark days in winter make me sleepy.

Subject: days

Verb: make 

300

"For even solace can be sourced from sorrow" is a line from which poem?

New Day's Lyric

400

Name all 4 devices that can be found in just these two lines: 

We Sing sin. We

Thin gin.

Repetition, alliteration, perfect rhyme, and slant rhyme.

400

This is what you should use in your analysis to make sure that you are deconstructing rather than summarizing. 

Keywords

400

Identify the subject and the verb in this sentence. Then determine whether it is in the active or passive voice.


Our hearts now altogether beat as one. 

Subject: hearts

Verb: beat

Voice: active 

400

Most singular verbs in English end in what letter?


"s"

400
What does Aunt Sugar give the speaker in the first stanza of the poem "Flounder"?

A hat

500

This is the term for a sentence that runs over onto the next line.

Enjambment

500

This is the correct citation for a line of poetry.

(____, ___). 

(Poet's last name, line number/s)

500

Rewrite this sentence to be fully active.

Multiple drafts were written by the student before mastery was achieved. 

The student wrote multiple drafts before they achieved mastery.
500

What is the subject and the verb in this sentence.

All things reveal themselves to men only gradually.

Subject: things or all things

verb: reveal 

500

"Slender memory, stay with me" is a line from which poem?

Mnemonic