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Who's the Author?
Literary Devices
Vocabulary
Poem "deets"
And the Speaker is..?
100
Wrote the poems "Chicago" and "Fog"
Who is Carl Sandburg?
100
comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
means sluggish, weak
What is languid?
100
"that stuttered staccato scream, must be believed not to seem, the shriek of a witch in the room."
What is the poem "A Parrot?"
100
"One of the Seven has Somewhat to say"
Who is a dwarf? (Grumpy)
200
Mrs. Buescher's favorite poet
Who is e e cummings?
200
beginning sound for 2 or more words ex: "maggie and milly and molly and may"
What is alliteration?
200
precious stone
What is lapidary?
200
In the poem "Fog", what is fog a metaphor to?
What is a cat?
200
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
Who is a person out for a ride on a winter's night?
300
This man wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
Who is Robert Frost?
300
verse that doesn't follow a fixed metrical/rhyme or rhythm pattern
What is free verse?
300
having circles, one within another, with a common center
What is concentric?
300
"Father William" is written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. What is this person's pen name?
Who is Lewis Carroll?
300
In "Father William", who are the two speakers?
Who is the father and his son?
400
Who wrote the poem "The Caterpillar?"
Who is Robert Graves?
400
conversation between characters
What is dialogue?
400
the rod on a spinning wheel by which the thread is twisted and on which it is wound. hint: 8 legged insect
What is a spindle?
400
I am an original that nobody can copy exactly. This is from the poem _________.
What is "One"?
400
"I munch and nibble unregarding: hawthron leaves are juicy and firm." The speaker is...
Who is the caterpillar?
500
"she scrubs, she sweeps, she even dusts the celings" is a line from a certain poem we have read. Who is the author of this poem?
Who is Sara Henderson Hay?
500
a reference to another piece of literature
What is allusion?
500
tomb, usually above ground
What is a mausoleum?
500
What does the speakr mean in "I'm Nobody" when they say they are "nobody"?
What is they aren't famous?
500
If you wrote a poem using the pronoun "I", what point of view are you using?
What is first person point-of-view?