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Swish is an example of a what?
Onomatopoeia
100
What is the beat created by the sounds and words in a poem?
Rhythm
100
What is EXTREME EXAGGERATION?
Hyperbole
100
What is a comparison using like or as?
Simile
100

what is a literary technique in which the characters, ideas, or elements within a text are placed close to highlight their differences  

Contrast 

200
What is a paragraph like grouping of lines in a poem called?
Stanza
200
What is the pattern of end rhyme used within a stanza?
Rhyme Scheme
200
Sam sells sandwiches on Sunday is an example of what?
Alliteration
200
What is a direct comparison of two unlike things?
Metaphor
200

What kind of poem captures the relationship between nature and human 

Pastoral 

300
The leaves on the ground danced in the wind The brook sang merrily as it went on its way. The fence posts gossiped and watched cars go by which winked at each other just to say hi. The traffic lights yelled, ”Stop, slow, go!” The tires gripped the road as if clinging to life. Stars in the sky blinked and winked out While the hail was as sharp as a knife. This poem has a lot of _____________ in it.
Personification
300
Poor as a church mouse. strong as an ox, cute as a button, smart as a fox. These are all examples of what?
Similes
300
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
300
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. What are the internal rhyming words in this poem?
shore, roar down, frown gray, spray
300

What a poem with verse and no rhyme?

Blank verse 

400

The overall feeling or atmosphere the the poem evokes on the readers 

mood 

400

Refers to the use of words that convey a meaning opposite to their literal sense 

irony

400
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to something that is non-human.
400

Which of the following is NOT an example of an onomatopoeia? A. Swoosh B. Zip C. Carry D. Boom

C. Carry

400
"The ocean danced in the moonlight," is an example of what?
Personification
500

This is an example of 


"His tender heir might bear his memory"

Assonance 

500
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
500

what is a form of a monologue sharing your inner thoughts 

Soliloquy 

500

this is and example of : 

Rolling through the field in the
dead
of winter. 

Enjambment 

500

what is the format of a haiku poem? 


hint: How many lines and how many syllables in each line

3 lines 

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