Figurative Language Frenzy
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Simile- A comparison between two things using likes or as.
Metaphor- comparison between two things without using like or as.
"The sonnet of the sea sang sweet melodies" is an example of which poetic device?
Alliteration
A group of lines in a poem, often separated by a space, is called this.
What is a stanza?
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson the author wants us to take away from the poem.
What is theme?
Who wrote the poem "Oranges"?
Gary Soto
“I could eat a million pizzas right now!” is an example of what figure of speech?
Hyperbole
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
'We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,"
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
What is ABAB ABAB?
This term refers to the voice or narrator speaking in a poem, which is not always the author.
What is the speaker?
What was the MAIN theme of "Oranges"?
bittersweet experience of first love and coming-of-age.
1. How the reader feels, the atmosphere of the poem= ____________
2. How the author feels, the attitude of the poem= _____________
1. Mood
2.Tone
“The wind whispered whimsical secrets through the trees” uses which two figurative language techniques?
Personification
Alliteration
What tool is used to create emphasis in this poem? Hint: It is NOT rhyme. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again
What is repetition?
The pattern of end sounds in a poem is called this.
What is rhyme scheme?
What is the main theme of "Hope" by Langston Hughe's?
crucial role of hope in sustaining the human spirit, especially during times of hardship and adversity.
Name one Emily Dickinson Poem
“Hope is the thing with feathers”
“I’m nobody! Who are you?”
What is personification? Give two examples of personification.
Personification is when you give human-like qualities to non-human like things.
What is the rhyme scheme?
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
What is ABAAB?
The repetition of vowel sounds within words close together is known as this.
What is assonance?
"The old town square had seen better days. Cracks ran through the cobblestones, and the fountain had long since stopped flowing, but children still ran through the streets, their laughter echoing off the worn brick walls. Shopkeepers hung fresh flowers in their windows, and neighbors waved as they passed each other by. Even in the face of decay, life persisted, small acts of joy and community refusing to let the town fade completely."
Resilience and hope in difficult circumstances
The persistence of community and human connection
Finding beauty and joy in unexpected places
Identify where the personification is in the poem: "Have you got a brook in your little heart, Where bashful flowers blow, And blushing birds go down to drink, And shadows tremble so?" Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, Have You Got A Brook In Your Little Heart
What is bashful flowers/ blushing birds / shadows tremble?
What literary device is used in this line?
"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink"
Irony
What figurative language tool is used in this quote? “Poetry is old, ancient, goes back far. It is among the oldest of living things. So old it is that no man knows how and why the first poems came.”
What is assonsance?
This is the pattern of beats or stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
What is rhythm?
What is the main theme-
"Beneath the fading evening sky,
The old oak stands, its branches high.
Though storms have bent it, worn it thin,
It lifts its leaves to light again."
Resilience in the face of challenges
Hope and renewal after hardship
Strength through perseverance
The inner thoughts of a character are spoken aloud to an audience and no other character can "hear" the thoughts.
What is a soliloquy