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Figurative Language Part 1
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Poems Part 2
Misc.
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What is a comparison between two things that uses "like" or "as?"
A simile
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What does the author of "Eating Poetry" see himself as?
A dog
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What is the line "the angles dizzy as a spin on a merry go round" an example of?
A simile
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What is an "ode?"
A tribute/dedication/way of honoring or showing appreciation for something or someone
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What is the name for a pair of lines that rhyme?
Couplet
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What is it called when a writer gives human qualities to something that is non-human?
Personification
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Who does the author of "Television" blame for children being addicted to TV?
Their parents
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What is the line "it's so hot outside that my mom cooked breakfast on the sidewalk" an example of?
Hyperbole
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Who does the author of "My Wicked Wicked Ways" blame for her parents unhappy marriage?
Herself.
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Paragraphs are to stories as _________ are to poems
Stanzas
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What is a comparison between two things without using "like" or "as?"
Metaphor
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Why does the main character in "Sick" suddenly feel better?
She realizes that it is Saturday (no school)
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What is the line "sadly the school day started slowly" an example of?
Alliteration
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What does the author of "Television" suggest that kids do instead of watching TV?
Read books
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What is the type of poem that follows no rhyme pattern?
Free verse
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What is it called when a writer over exaggerates something to make a point or to add humor to a piece of writing?
Hyperbole
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Why does the author of "Ode to Family Photographs" enjoy looking at bad photographs?
They bring back happy childhood memories.
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What is the line "the gust of cold air slapped me in the face" an example of?
Personification
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Why does the author of "My Wicked, Wicked Ways" write that her mother "cannot look into the lens because the sun is bright?"
That her mother is blind to her father's affair.
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What is the opposite of something "figurative?"
Literal
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What are the two reasons that authors use alliteration?
To give the sentence a good rhythm/flow and to emphasize specific words
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What does the author of "Intro To Poetry" compare analyzing the deeper meaning of a poem to? Hint: It's something unpleasant.
Torturing/interrogating/hurting a criminal or terrorist.
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What is the line "I have been eating poetry" an example of?
A metaphor
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Why does the author of "Intro to Poetry" compare reading a poem to dropping a mouse into a maze?
Both things are complicated or puzzling to figure out.
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What is it called when an entire poem is used to compare two things? Hint: The answer is two words.
Extended metaphor