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What's wrong with how this poem's title is written?

Ship Spies a Light

Needs Quotation Marks!

100
Which literary term means: Repeating the same word, words, or phrases throughout the poem?
Repetition
100

What kind of poem has no rhyme?

free verse

100
The ____________ is the person (or animal or thing) that is speaking in a poem.
Speaker
100
Splash Knock Ring Those three words are all examples of _______________.
Onomatopoeia
200

Name the American poet who wrote for over 50 years and was also a civil rights activist?

Maya Angelou

200
Which literary term compares two or more things without using “like” or “as”?
Metaphor
200
Which literary term refers to the expressive qualities that distinguish an author’s work, including word choice, sentence length and arrangement, and the use of descriptive language and imagery?
Style
200
True or False: The speaker in a poem is NEVER the author of the poem.
False
200
That Three Those The words above are examples of which poetry term?
Alliteration
300

Which poet that we read about didn't give titles to her poems?

Emily Dickinson

300

the message or lesson in a piece of writing is called...

THEME
300
Which literary term refers to language that is used for descriptive effect, often to imply meanings indirectly?
Figurative Language
300

Making a picture in the reader's mind with sensory details is called...

imagery

300

a sunken ship feeling lonely is an example of...

personification

400

Who was the youngest inaugural poet in US history?

Amanda Gorman

400
Which literary term refers to descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses?
Imagery
400
The following statement is an example of which poetry term, "If I can’t get a Smartphone, I will die,"?
Hyperbole- an exaggeration
400

groups of lines in poems are called...

stanzas

400

What must you do to the title of a poem when referring to it in your writing?

Capitalize first and important words AND put it in quotation marks

500

Think back to ONE poem we read together.  Tell us a THEME that applies!

Answers will vary

500
Which literary term refers to the structure of a poem?
Form
500
Similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperboles are all examples of which poetry term?
Figure of Speech
500

Figurative language has two purposes.  They are:

To make a picture AND/OR make a point

500
Finish this statement: Poems give voice to people and things that __________________.
...don't have a voice.