Figurative Language
The repeating of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is alliteration?
poetry uses two things in distinct and purposeful ways. (hint: both start with s)
what is structure and sound?
What was the first Pixar movie?
What is Toy Story?
when the end of a line of poetry has no punctuation, and flows uninterruptedly into the next line
What is enjambment?
a smooth, pleasant-sounding choice and arrangement of sounds
What is euphony?
the emotion(s) that a poem carries
What is tone?
In the car industry, what does BMW stand for?
What is Bavarian Motor Works?
The following is an example of what type of poem:
Thick blankets of snow
snuggling the flowerbeds
with a winter wrap.
What is a Haiku?
say, day, lay, may are examples of...
What is rhyme?
the voice of the poem, similar to a narrator in fiction
What is the speaker?
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote?
What is New Zealand?
opposites placed next to each other to heighten the contrast
What is juxtaposition?
a grouping of lines separated from others in a poem.
What is a stanza?
what a word suggests beyond its basic definition; a word's undertones of meaning
example: obese vs plump
what is connotation?
Pope Gregory IV tried to exterminate what animal from Europe, as he said they were instruments of Satan?
What is cats?
writing that engages one of the five senses
What is imagery?
a line that ends with a natural speech pause marked by punctuation.
What is end-stopped line?
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
Examples: swat, thump, buzz, kerplunk
What is onomatopoeia?
Which country consumes the most chocolate per Capita?
What is Switzerland?