What is the following sentence an example of: She was as red as a lobster.
simile
100
This line from Poe's "The Bells" illustrates what sound device? "What a tale of terror now their turbulence tells!"
alliteration
100
What is the syllable pattern for each line of a haiku?
Double points: What country did haikus originate from?
5-7-5; Japan
100
________ is the rhyming of words at the ends of lines of poetry.
End rhyme
100
What figurative language does Langston Hughes use in "A Dream Deferred"
simile
200
What is the following sentence an example of: Mr. Adoff is a crab in the morning.
metaphor
200
What sound device is the following sentence an example of: "Boom! went the first firework as it exploded over my head."
onomatopoeia
200
The line: "I was sitting in the dark
when I heard a loud bark."
Is an example of what type of rhyme?
Exact
200
The difference between a short story and poetry is that a short story is written in paragraphs and poetry is written in ___________.
stanzas
200
Who won the baseball game in "Casey At the Bat"
visitor's team
300
What is the following sentence an example of: The lobsters at Red Lobster were screaming in fear.
personification
300
Talk and milk is an example of what sound device?
consonance
300
What rhyming/syllable/line rules do you have to follow if you write a free verse poem?
there are no rules to free verse poetry!
300
Poems that appeal to our senses (taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing) are said to use _________ to help us visualize the poem.
imagery
300
The poem "Fifteen" is an example of what type of poetry?
Narrative
400
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence: "I am so tired I could sleep for a year."
hyperbole
400
What sound devices are present in the following line from Mr. Adoff's poem "Today's Specials?"
"Fresh Squeezed Tina Turner Tastes so smooth
add a stack of Marvin Gaye—out the door to school."
alliteration and assonance
400
"I sat in the dark
nursing my broken heart."
Is an example of this type of rhyme.
Slant
400
______ is the rhythm in a line of poetry.
meter
400
What is the theme of Langston Hughes' poem "A Dream Deferred"
to postpone one's deepest dreams and desires can lead to destruction
500
"Bittersweet" is an example of this type figurative language.
Paradox
500
The following song lyric is an example of which sound device?
"I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless."
assonance
500
What is the rhyme scheme for a sonnet?
ababcdcdefefgg
500
The regular pattern of end rhymes in a poem is called the __________.
rhyme scheme
500
The following line from "The Raven" is an example of what kind of rhyme: "Once upon a Midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary."