Figurative Language
Theme in Poetry
Mood and Tone Words
How to Read a Poem
Irony
100
Which of the following is a metaphor?
A. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life.
B. She snorted loudly like a pig with allergies.
C. I ran as fast as the wind through a tunnel.
D. After every rainstorm, a rainbow follows.
A. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life.
100
Which is the best theme statement for this poem?
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
A. Pursue your dreams and you will fly.
B. Life without dreams is meaningless.
C. Cold kills dreams.
D. Dreams reveal your true motives.
B. Life without dreams is meaningless.
100
What is the meaning of the word envious?
angry
kind
shy
jealous
What is jealous?
100
Never skip this in a poem
What is the title?
100
Which type of irony is in this situation?
No matter how many times people told him that the chances of a plane crash are 1 in 11 million, Ted was terrified to fly. Finally, he decided to overcome his irrational fear and fly to visit family. As the plane plummeted to earth, his last thought was that he was right all along.
Situational irony
200
Mom and I were walking through the forest when she said to me, "Keep your eyes peeled for snakes."
What type of figurative language is the phrase "keep your eyes peeled"?
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
idiom
What is an idiom?
200
Which of the following is a good theme statement?
A. Don't judge a book by its cover because you might be wrong.
B. Honoring others by loyalty.
C. Truth requires courage because people fear truth.
D. The moral of the story is to never give up.
C. Truth requires courage because people fear truth.
200
What is the meaning of the word pessimistic?
expecting the worst
expecting the best
not expecting anything
chill
What is "expecting the worst"?
200
When reading a poem, you should stop at the end of each line. True or false?
Answer: false. You stop when you see a comma or period.
200
What type of irony is in this scenario?
"Stop!" she screamed at her friend, who was running toward her. Between herself and her friend, an angry rattlesnake hissed ominously.
What is dramatic irony?
300
What type of figurative language is this?
Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written
hyperbole
300
What is the best theme for this song?
Nothing Gold Can Stay
By Robert Frost
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
A. Not all that glitters is gold.
B. The day is longer than the night.
C. It's darkest right before the dawn.
D. Beauty eventually passes away.
D. Beauty eventually passes away.
300
What is the meaning of the word "facetious"?
A. angry
B. bitter
C. sarcastic
D. illuminating
What is C sarcastic?
300
It is important to read a poem only once, or you will become bored of it.
True or false?
False, read it more than once.
300
Explain the irony in this billboard.
The first sign urges people to not take childhood obesity lightly, but the second sign seems to show the same woman encouraging people to eat at McDonalds.
400
Which two types of figurative language are in this statement?
Rain pounded on the windshield in a rhythm of drumbeats.
personification and metaphor.
400
Which of the following is a good theme for The Cremation of Sam McGee?
A. Cold weather makes it hard to accomplish your goals.
B. Fire burns away false motives to reveal the hidden truth.
C. A true friend will remain loyal to your requests even if it is difficult to do.
D. Only those who are brave should risk a trip through the arctic.
C. A true friend will remain loyal to your requests even if it is difficult to do.
400
What is the meaning of the word "Pretentious."?
A. showy
B. preppy
C. prone to arguing
D. humble
A. showy
400
The mood of the poem is created by this.
What is word choice?
400
What type of irony is described in the paragraph?
Early yesterday morning, my mom handed me my weekly list of chores. At the top of the list, in big bold letters, were the words CLEAN YOUR ROOM! I meant to clean it ... I really did. Right about that time, my favorite movie came on and I got a little distracted. When mom came in last night, she said, "Wow! I see you really worked hard at cleaning up your room!"
What is verbal irony?
500
What type of figurative language is used in this poem and what two things being examined?
The Fog by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Metaphor comparing the fog to a cat in its silent movements.
500
Write a theme statement for this poem:
The Eagle
The Eagle
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Eagles are powerful and majestic creatures.
500
What is the meaning of the word "sanguine"?
A. sparingly
B. sadly
C. perfectionistic
D. optimistic
D. optimistic
500
The tone of the poem represents what?
What is the attitude of the author toward his or her subject.