Poetry 1
Swish is an example of a what?
Onomatopoeia
What is the beat created by the sounds and words in a poem?
Rhythm
The lines of a poem are frouped into ____.
Stanzas
What is a paragraph like grouping of lines in a poem called?
Stanza
What is the pattern of end rhyme used within a stanza?
Rhyme Scheme/pattern
Sam sells sandwiches on Sunday is an example of what?
Alliteration
The time and place in the poem is called?
the setting
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
Poor as a church mouse. strong as an ox, cute as a button, smart as a fox. These are all examples of what?
Similes
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
When words INSIDE the line of a poem rhyme the poet is using___.
Internal rhyme
A poem that has neither rhythm nor ryhme?
Free Verse
The best example of a hyperbole would be:
A. I made 8 burgers today
B. I made a few burgers today
C. I made a million burgers today
D. I made a lot of burgers today
C. I made a million burgers today
A poem expressing emotion
Lyric
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to something that is non-human.
When the words of a poem almost, but not quite rhyme the poet has used ____ rhyme.
Near rhyme
What is literal language?
The words mean exactly what they say.
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
What is Figurative language?
The words say one thing but mean something else.
Define IDIOM.
The words have nothing to do with the meaning.
And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep Is an example of what?
Repetition