Figurative Language
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
What is alliteration?
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
What is ABAB?
What poetic device is used to create emphasis in this poem? Hint: It is NOT rhyme.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the King's horses
and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
What is repetition?
" The clouds presented a parade of animals" is an example of this poetic device.
What is personification?
She put her heart on her sleeve as she spoke to her crush.
What is an idiom?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! What does this idiom mean?
Silence your cellphone so that it does not beep during the movie.
What is onomatopoeia?
A long, narrative poem that usually that is usually about heroic deeds and events Many ancient writers used this to tell tales of intense adventures and heroic feats.
serious, humorous, amused, angry, playful, cheerful, sad, gloomy...
These are examples of what in a poem
As he stumbled through his argument his opponent teased, "What's wrong, cat got your tongue?"
What is an idiom?
Reference to something of significance (literary, political, historical, cultural)
What is allusion?
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
This is an example of...
There once was a big blueberry
Who had a friends named Jerry
They wanted to go to France
But didn't get the chance
They were late and missed the ferry.
What is limerick poem?
romantic, realistic, optimistic, pessimistic, gloomy, mournful, sorrowful...
These are examples of what poetic device?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY- tell me what it means.
What is allusion?