poetry 1
poetry 2
poetry 3
poetry 5
poetry 4
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foreshadowing

What is a hint that suggests a future event?

200

metaphor

What is a comparison that does not use "like" or "as"?

200

Onomatopoeia

What is a figure of speech in which the sound of a word imitates its sense?

200

stanza

What is a grouping of lines separated from others in a poem.

200
tone
What is a literary word that expresses the writer's attitude toward his o her subject?
220
theme
What is the message about life or human nature that the author wants to share?
220

syllable

What is a word part called? Think: pronunciation

220
plot
What is a series of events that center on a conflict faced by a main character or individual?
220

Idiom

What type of figure of speech is a common phrase that has 2 meanings - one literal and one figurative?

220

Pocohontas

What character tells the first poem called "Colors of the Wind"?

225

symbol

What is a person, a place, an object, or an activity that stands for something beyond itself?

225

repition

What is the same word, phrase, or line repeated several times?

225
rhythm
What is a beat in a poem?
225

irony

What is it called when two opposing things happen at the same time? Do you remember "The Gift of the Magi"?

225

simile

What is a comparison made with “as” or “like” ?

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rhyme
What is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words?
230

daffodils

What does the wanderer that feels as lonely as a cloud see dancing?

230
settings
What is the time and place the story occurs?
230

3

How many points of view are there?

230

personification

What is it called when an object has human characteristics?

235

flashback

What is an interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time?

235

imagery

What are words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste?

235

haiku

What is a poem called that follows a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable count?

235

ponies

What animals are mentioned in the second poem that we read?

235

mood

What is poetic term that means what an audience feels about a peom?