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What is the beat created by the sounds and words in a poem?
Rhythm
The train was travelling in the rain with the same chain on the frame.
1. What sound is being repeated?
2. What is this called?
1. What sound is being repeated? the long A sound
2. What is this called? assonance
What is the reuse of words or phrases to create a rhythmic or visual effect?
Repetition
What is a paragraph like grouping of lines in a poem called?
Also known as a fixed number of lines of verse.
Stanza
What is the pattern of end rhyme used within a stanza?
Rhyme Scheme
What is the mood of this poem and give 2 words from the poem that support your answer.
Kids laugh and play in the park,
Chasing butterflies till it gets dark.
Ice cream cones and lemonade,
Summer days, a blissful escapade.
Answers vary
The leaves on the ground danced in the wind.
The brook sang merrily as it went on its way.
What poetic device are these examples of?
Personification
How many lines are in this poem?
Evening red and morning grey,
Are the signs of a sunny day.
Evening grey and morning red,
Bring rain on the farmer's head.
4
What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem?
Flowers blooming in May,
Birds in the sky flying;
Oh this flower will smile today,
Tomorrow it will be dying.
ABAB
I love the shore when the roar of the surf comes crashing down with a frown on the turf, when clouds are gray and the spray stings my cheek~ deserted stretch that is fetching and bleak.
Write one pair of assonance from this poem.
shore, roar
down, frown
gray, spray
Is this an example of poetry or prose?
The salty breeze carried echoes of distant shores, mingling with the cries of seagulls soaring overhead.
Prose
What is ONE example of imagery from this stanza?
The October leaves coming down, as if called.
Morning fog through the wild rye beyond the train tracks.
Colorful leaves falling down (The October leaves coming down)
or
fog in a field of crops (Morning fog through the wild rye)
What is the rhythm of this stanza?
Evening red and morning grey,
Are the signs of a sunny day.
Evening grey and morning red,
Bring rain on the farmer's head.
7, 8, 7, 7
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to something that is non-human.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an onomatopoeia? A. Swoosh B. Zip C. Carry D. Boom
C. Carry
What is the rhythm of a haiku?
5,7,5
Which word means literature in metrical form?
Poetry
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?
Evening red and morning grey,
Are the signs of a sunny day.
Evening grey and morning red,
Bring rain on the farmer's head.
AABB
Which word means the repeating of the consonant at the beginning of each word?
alliteration
What is a consonance?
The repetition of a consanant sound, especially at the end of words.
And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep
Is an example of what?
Repetition