Is the following statement figurative language? If so, what type?
"It's raining cats and dogs."
Idiom
100
What type of sound device is: Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
alliteration
100
Which type of a poem is arranged in a visual image that suggests its meaning?
A concrete poem.
100
What does it mean to paraphrase a poem?
to restate the poem in your own words
100
A group of lines of poetry (like a paragraph)
What is stanza?
200
Is the following statement figurative language? If so, what type?
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!"
What is a hyperbole?
200
Which two of the following words make an exact rhyme?
break, braid, hate, ache, breakfast, beak, brain, heat
break and ache
200
What type of poem is typically short and musical?
A lyric poem.
200
What type of book would, most likely, be a good resource to help you paraphrase a poem?
A Dictionary.
200
"The clouds cried in sorrow" is an example of what type of figurative language.
Personification
300
Is the following statement figurative language? If so, what type?
"It's raining heavily today."
No, this can be taken literally, and is not figurative language.
300
Which sense does the following imagery appeal to most?
"The wind howled and hissed."
Sound or hearing.
300
A poem that tells a story is a ...
... narrative.
300
1 I shot an arrow into the air,
2 It fell to earth, I know not where;
3 For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
4 Could not follow it in its flight.
If you were paraphrasing this selection, which of these words would you most likely replace?
A. earth
B. shot
C. arrow
D. swiftly
Swiftly.
300
"Down he dove into the dreary dismal dungeon." Is an example of what sound device?
Alliteration
400
Is the following statement figurative language? If so, what type?
I’ll be there as long as you need me.
No, nothing is being compared with the "as" and it can be taken literally.
400
Which two senses does the following imagery appeal to the most?
"The thick fog smothered the little homes."
Sight and touch.
400
A narrative poem blends elements of two main types of literature. What are they?
poetry and fiction
400
After reading the following poem, what conclusion can be drawn about the speaker?
The memory of cannon fire fades like evening mists.
Footsteps echo softly on the grass above me.
My bride kneels at a stone.
The speaker is a soldier killed in war who left a wife behind.
400
Which sound device is:
"The buzz saw sputtered and droned."
Onomatopoeia
500
Finish this sentence: While a simile states that one thing is "like" another, a metaphor states that _________ ________ ________ ____________________________.
... one thing is another.
500
Which of the following are sound devices used in poetry?
onomatopoeia, simile, repetition, imagery, rhyme, personification, rhythm, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor
Onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme, meter, alliteration, and rhythm.
500
Which of the following lines is most likely to begin a lyric poem?
A. Once upon a time
B. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
C. ’Twas the night before Christmas
D. You are old, Father William
B, is correct. A & C begin narratives and D is an ode.
500
What do the images in the following lines of poetry lead you to conclude about the time the poem takes place?
Young birds seesaw on their first flights.
Melting snows churn and gurgle in woodland streams.
It is spring.
500
What is the specific term for an object, a person, an animal, or a place that represents something other than itself?