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Sound Devices
Figurative Language
Rhyme Scheme
Mood
Miscellaneous
100
Porky Pig ate a platter of pot roast.
What is alliteration
100
She's as cold as ice.
What is a simile?
100
Twinkle, twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world you fly, Like a diamond in the sky.
What is AABB?
100
The river, reflecting the clear Blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly On.
What is peaceful/calm?
100
A type of poetry that has no rhyme or rhythm
What is free verse?
200
The Cat in the Hat sat on a bat
What is rhyme?
200
He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.
What is hyperbole?
200
Bid me to weep, and I will weep, While I have eyes to see; And having none, yet I will keep, A heart to weep for thee
What is ABAB?
200
There was no moon, And everything beneath lay in misty darkness; Not a light gleamed from any house, Far or near, all had been extinguished long ago
What is depressing/sad?
200
How many syllables are in the second line of a Haiku?
What is 7?
300
We shall fight on the landing grounds, We shall fight in the fields. We shall fight in the hills, We shall never surrender.
What is repetition?
300
The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their descent to the ground.
What is imagery?
300
The itsy bitsy spider, Went up the water spout. Down came the rain, And washed the spider out.
What is ABCB?
300
Piping down the valleys wild Piping songs of pleasant glee On a cloud I saw a child And he, laughing, said to me: Pipe a song about a lamb! So I piped with merry cheer
What is happy/cheerful?
300
Name at least 2 of Shel Silverstein's previous careers
What is the military? What is song writer? What is cartoonist? What is author?
400
Just then a huge gust of wind blew the screen door wide open. WOOSH!
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Jenny heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name.
What is personification?
400
There was an old man of the coast, Who placidly sat on a post. But when it was cold, He relinquished his hold, And called for some hot buttered toast.
What is AABBA?
400
I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference
What is gloomy/tired?
400
What poetic device is used in the following line? (HINT: Not simile) The snow swaddled the earth like a mother would her infant child.
What is personification?
500
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
What is alliteration?
500
You are what you eat.
What is a metaphor? What is an idiom?
500
Little Miss Muffet, Sat on her tuffet, Eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider, And sat down beside her, And frightened Miss Muffet away.
What is AABCCB?
500
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabele Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes of the beautiful Annabele Lee
What is romantic?
500
Name at least 3 of the poets from our poetry labs, and describe their writing styles/strategies
Who is Shel Silverstein? Children's Poet. Who is William Carlos Williams? Poetry about every day objects. Who is Taylor Mali? Slam Poet Who is Nikki Giovani? Inspirational/African American poetry Who is Langston Hughes? African American poetry, influenced by growing up in the city Who is Walt Whitman? Emotional, exciting poetry