comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor
100
language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery
100
poetry that does not have regular meter or rhyme scheme
What is free verse
100
This is an example of ____________:
"The table groaned under the weight of the fat cat."
What is Personification
100
Who wrote the "daffodils"poem
What is William Wordsworth
200
repetition of same or similar vowel sounds in poetry
What is an Alliteration
200
a metrical foot (2 syllables) with an "unstressed/stressed" pattern
What is Iamb (meter)
200
Japanese verse form with three lines, 5-7-5 syllable pattern
What is Haiku
200
"The Soul Selects her own Society
Then shuts the Door
On her divine majority
Obtrude no more"
This is an example of _________ ________.
What is Approximate Rhyme (Slant Rhyme)
200
Which poet never uses capital letters
Who is e. e. cummings
300
an overused, worn-out phrase or expression
What is a cliche
300
a poem that is built on a list of images
What is catalog poem
300
a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion
What is Hyperbole
300
This sentence is an example of __________:
“He saw nothing and heard nothing but he could feel his heart pounding and then he heard the clack on stone and the leaping, dropping clicks of a small rock falling.”
What is Onomatopoeia
300
Emily Dickinson in her poem "Hope is the Thing with Feathers", uses what literary device
What is Extended Metaphor
400
a type of metaphor where non-human things are described with human qualities
What is Personification
400
use of a word that suggests its meaning (ex. Pop)
What is onomatopoeia
400
poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
What is blank verse
400
This poem is an example of _________ _______:
"Ah, distinctly I remember it
was in the bleak December
And each separate dying
ember wrought its ghost
upon the floor."
What is Internal Rythme
400
Who was the Chinese poet who wrote "The Gift"
Who is Li-Young Lee
500
a person, place or thing that stands for something beyond itself
What is symbol
500
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
What is Couplet
500
a poem that does not tell a story, but is aimed at the emotions
What is lyric poem
500
Which Literary Device is used here:
“Henry was a lion on the battlefield”.