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Symbol
Personification
Metaphor/Simile
Hyperbole
Rythym
100
What is the definition of a symbol.
What is anything that represents itself and something else.
100
What is the definition of personification?
What is giving human-like characteristics to non-human things.
100
What is the definition of a metaphor? AND what is the defnition of a simile?
What is a comparison between to unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as" AND a comparison between two unlike things USING "like" or "as"
100
What is the definition of Hyperbole?
What is an extreme exaggeration for dramatic effect.
100
What is rhythm? What two parts does a rhythm require? What two parts make up a single pattern?
What is foot and meter. Stressed and Unstressed
200
Why would a poet use symbolosim in their poem? What is the purpose of symbolism?
What is to create imagery and enhance meaning.
200
Why would a poet want to use personification?
What is to enhance description, to "bring it to life"
200
Why would a poet want to use metaphor or simile in their poem?
What is to make comparisons in order to enhance description.
200
Why would a poet want to use Hyperbole in their poem?
What is to enhance description and emphasize something.
200
Why do poets use rhythm in their poetry?
What is to give their poems a musical quality, to draw attention to certain words or phrases, to convey how they want a certain words to be read.
300
Name the symbol and what is represents. "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts,”
What is a stage represents life.
300
Why is personification the BEST way to make a description clear to the widest audience?
What is all audeinces are made up of human beings who can relate to human qualities used in personification.
300
Finish this sentence so that it is a hyperbole: I'm so hungry I could eat a _________________.
What is horse, cow, etc. Answers not accepted: things like "a while pizza" "a sandwhich"
300
What is the foot pattern and meter of the following: Round about the cauldron go In the poinsoned entrails throw
What is trochaic tetrameter
400
Seething over inwardly With fierce indignation, In my bitterness of soul, Hear my declaration. I am of one element, Levity my matter, Like enough a withered leaf For the winds to scatter.
What is leaf=age or wind=destruction
400
Give an example of personification using three sentences. Each sentence must use personification.
What is anwers may vary, points rewarded based on teacher disgression
400
Provide an example of a metaphor and a simile.
What is examples may include "her teeth were pearls" "Sea of greif" "I feel like death" "She ate like a mouse" "You're as beautiful as a summer day"
400
Why is this an example of hyperbole? "Why does a boy who’s fast as a jet take all day and sometimes two to get to school?"
What is because they are exaggerating how slow the boy is/how long it took him to get to school. It didn't actually take him two days. Answers not accepted: it says he was as fast as a jet.
400
What is the foot pattern and meter of the following: And today the Great Yertle, That marvelous he He is King of the Mud. That is all he can see."
What is apapestic dimeter
500
Find the symbol and what is symbolizes: "It waits upon the lawn, It shows the furthest tree Upon the furthest slope we know; It almost speaks to me. Then, as horizons step, Or noons report away, Without the formula of sound, It passes, and we stay"
What is light/sunset= a hopeful loss
500
Personify the following objects AND make them interact in a meaningful way: a library book, a cell phone and a pencil.
What is answers may vary. Points rewarded at teacher's disgression.
500
How are metaphors and similes different from personification? How are they different from symbols? (both answers)
What is personification does not make a comparison and symbols ASSOCIATE an object to an idea, while similes and metaphors COMPARE and object to another object
500
Use hyperbole to describe spring break in 3 sentences.
What is answers may vary. points rewarded at teacher's disgression.
500
What's the point of studying poetry?
What is to entertain, to express emotion, to convey the human experience, to be given the opportunity to become more academically prepared for life, to be a better reader, writer, thinker, listener and human being!