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Parts of Speech
Basics
Figurative Language
Structure
Misc.
100
What is a concrete noun?
a noun a person can touch
100
What is a verb?
An action word (ends with "ing")
100
What is abstract language?
Language that lacks physical detail.
100
Who wrote the shortest poem?
William Carlos Williams
100
What is a line?
The text written across a single row.
200
What is an abstract noun?
a noun a person cannot touch
200
What is a noun?
A person, place or thing
200
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a kind of figurative language in which two unlike nouns are compared without using "like" or "as".
200
What is a cinquain poem?
a poem with five lines
200
What is a stanza?
A paragraph in a poem
300
Which word is a concrete noun? Love, Running, Loudly, House
House
300
What is personification?
A kind of figurative language in which an object is compared to a human.
300
What is a simile?

A simile is a kind of figurative language in which two unlike nouns are compared using "like" or "as".

300
What is a couplet?
A pair of lines of verse, usually rhyming
300
What is a synonym?
A word that has the same meaning of another word.
400

Which word is an abstract noun? Screaming, Truth, Lovely, Pen

Truth

400
What is sensory language?
It describes imagery using senses.
400
Give an example of a metaphor.
answers will vary. 

Example: Life is a highway.

400
What is a verse?
Poetic writing that conveys an idea.
400
What is an antonym?
A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
500
What is an adjective?
a word that describes a noun
500
What is imagery?
The expression of sensory detail.
500
Give an example of a simile.
answers will vary. 

Example: My hands are as cold as ice.

500
What is rhythm?
a pattern of stressed and unstressed sounds
500
What is the main purpose of a poem?
To take something ordinary to the extraordinary!