DEFINITIONS: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses
Imagery
In this quote, the repeated /n/ sound is an example of what sound device?
Alliteration
What two things make up the structure of a poem?
Lines & Stanzas
"I want them to waterski / across the surface of a poem / waving at the author’s name on the shore."
Introduction to Poetry
A comparison of two things using like or as
Simile
Chuckle, fickle, and kick are examples of what sound device? Why?
Consonance because of the repeated /ck/ sound
The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation is called what?
Enjambment
"Nature’s first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold."
Nothing Gold Can Stay
What three things should an introductory paragraph include?
Hook, bridge, and thesis
An implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share common characteristics.
Metaphor
“Beside the lake, beneath the trees, / Fluttering and dancing in the breeze” - I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth
What sound devices is used in this quote? How do you know?
Assonance - repeate /e/ sound (beneath, trees, breeze).
The rhyming of the final syllables of a line is called what?
End Rhyme
"I would like / them to believe on the other side of the wall / is a circus that just hasn’t opened yet. Our friends, / learning how to juggle, to walk on tall poles."
Separation Wall
What are the three things you need to do with every quote?
Integrate, cite, and explain
Unreal exaggeration to emphasize the real situation
Hyperbole
buzz, thump, whoosh, drip, hizz, and choo-choo are examples of what sound device?
Onomatopoeia
Tell & toll or sopped and leapt are examples of what kind of rhyme?
Slant Rhyme
"I turned to the candies / Tiered like bleachers, / And asked what she wanted"
Oranges
How do you mark line breaks and stanza breaks when citing poetry?
line breaks - /
stanza breaks - //
A brief, intentional reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, or movement.
Allusion
Identity two sound devices and the repeated sounds in this example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
alliteration (/p/ sound) and consonance (/ck/) sound
Identify the rhyme scheme of the following stanza of "Amazing Grace" by John Newton:
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound / that saved a wretch like me. / I once was lost but now am found; / was blind but now I see.
ABAB
"berries of Straw / berries of Goose / berries of Huckle / berries of Dew."
Summer's Bounty
When do you use a block quote when citing poetry?
If you're quoting more than three lines