Figurative Language & Literary Devices
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
alliteration
_____ is the SPEAKER's attitude about a text.
Tone
I have a cat
He is quite fat
He likes his mouse
And lives in my house
AABB
Who is the author of Nothing Gold Can Stay?
Robert Frost
a free-form style of poetry that doesn't stick to a particular structure or rhythm
free verse
His hair flows like a silk curtain.
simile
_____ is the way the READER feels about a text.
Mood
That bird can sing
But doesn't sound great
He carries a ring
Flying over my gate
ABAB
Who is the author of "First Snow" and "Abandoned Farmhouse"?
Ted Kooser
a long poem that tells a story, and it has characters and a plot
narrative
The flowers whispered my name as I skipped through the meadow.
personification
_____ is the lesson or moral we should learn from reading a text.
Theme
Her dog is smelly
Her dog is strange
He likes to run
Over a great range
ABCB
Who is the author of "Ode to Family Photographs"?
Gary Soto
a short poem of songlike quality that reveals the speakers emotions
lyric
Those jumbo shrimp were pretty ugly, but they tasted awful good.
oxymoron
_____ is when an author repeats a word or phrase throughout the poem.
Repetition
They like to hunt deer
From there to here
But they fear
That they can't hunt all year.
AAAA
Which of our poems was written by Edna St. Vincent Millay?
The Courage That My Mother Had
a form of poetry that does not rhyme but has a regular meter
blank verse
Some people say that they are feeling under the weather, but they really mean that they are sick.
idiom
An ______ is an educational guess we can make based on context clues in the text.
inference
Some kids stuff Rice Krispies
All throughout their lockers.
Other kids eat muffins
As crumbs fall to the floor.
ABCD
Who is the author of "Mother to Son"?
Langston Hughes
a poem narrating a story in short stanzas and adapted for singing
ballad