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Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Inferences
Rhyme and Stanza
Random
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A poem is often divided into paragraphs, called ________.
Stanzas
100
I was as sad as a black raven.
Simile
100
What is inference?
Using clues in the text to arrive at your own conclusions.
100
If a poem is short and there are no spaces between the lines, it would have ______ stanza.
One
100
Complete this rhyme: "Roses are red / violets are _____ "
blue
200
Word choice, or _______.
Diction
200
Repeating the same first sound; for example "On this home by horror haunted..."
Alliteration
200
"The sun was hot / Clouds there were not." Where can you infer that the speaker is at?
Outside, in the summer sun, at the park, etc.
200
Give a word that could rhyme with this first line. "The people along the sand"
Some possible answers: band, hand, land, etc.
200
"The Road Not Taken" was written by _____________.
Robert Frost
300
A character's role or point of view in the poem can be called _________.
Persona
300
"The flower shivered" is an example of ________.
Personification
300
"She cleanses all my scratches / And binds them up with salves" From this, you can infer that the word "salves" means _________?
Cream, ointment, bandage, etc.
300
True or false: a stanza can be one line long.
True
300
Our version of "The Raven" has how many stanzas?
Ten
400
Language that appeals to the senses; creating a picture in the reader's mind
Imagery
400
"Hope was the thing with feathers" is an example of ___________.
Metaphor
400
In the poem "The Road Not Taken," a man is debating between two different paths. Describe whether or not the poet is describing actual roads or life paths, and support your answer.
Possible answer: He is speaking about life paths, because at the end of the poem the narrator is sitting, reflecting on his life.
400
When the first/third lines of a poem rhyme, and the second/fourth lines rhyme, it is called a _______ rhyming pattern.
ABAB
400
Music is poetry. Name one of the songs we studied in class.
Ruby Tuesday; Have You Ever Seen the Rain; Story of My Life
500
A poem that tells a story would be called a __________ poem.
Narrative
500
The line "Every cloud has a silver lining" is an example of figurative language. What kind?
Idiom
500
Infer the mood of this following poem. Support your answer with evidence. "The woman was old and ragged and gray / And bent with the chill of the winter's day / She stood at the crossing and waited long / Alone, uncared-for, amid the throng"
Possible answers: sad, lonely, harsh...
500
If a poem has an AAA BBB CCC... rhyming pattern, which lines would rhyme with each other?
Lines 1,2, and 3 rhyme. Lines 4, 5, and 6 rhyme. etc.
500
If a stanza is two lines long, it can be called a ________?
Couplet