"So, Tim, a great basketball player of skill
Every time he steps on that court, he still has a thrill"
What is rhyming couplet
100
In which poem does "Sonny Boy's mama die"?
What is "Slam, Dunk, Hook"
100
Several words in a line of poetry or in a sentence that all have the same beginning sound
What is alliteration
200
describing an inanimate object as if it has human traits/characteristics
What is personifcation
200
Simile
What is comparing two things using "like" or "as"
200
"How could those trees be weeping?"
What is personification
200
In which poem is there a great basketball player named Tim?
What is "Basketball Sonnet"
200
poetry that does not follow any rhyme pattern or other rules of poetry
What is Free Verse
300
a comparison of two things using "is" instead of "like" or "as"
What is metaphor
300
Sonnet
What is a poem with 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme
300
Rumble, Rumble, whistle, roar--
Tom ain't ticklish any more
What is onomatopoeia, rhyming couplet, alliteration
300
In which poem does the speaker remember "searching for Moses" in a pond with her mother?
What is "Blue Willow"
300
Convention
What is the typical forms of poetry and the rules they follow
400
the pattern of rhyming words in a poem
What is rhyme scheme
400
onomatopoeia
What is words that spell out sounds
400
"we wove through curtains of willow"
What is alliteration, metaphor
400
In which poem does a character roll down a hill to railroad track?
What is "Ticklish Tom"
400
"Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
all mimsy were the borogoves,
and the mome raths outgrabe.
What is Jabberwocky, quatrain, ABAB rhyme scheme
500
language that describes one of the five senses
What is sensory language
500
literary reference/allusion
What is when an author/poet makes a reference to another book, story, or character
500
"wind hymning through the pines, where the musky scent of rain clinging to damp earth was his scent I loved"
What is personification, sensory language (scent)
500
In which TWO poems are there symbols of hope?
What is "I Heard a Bird Sing" and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
500
The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky
What is "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," free verse, sensory language