Definitely Definitions
A group of lines of verse; it can be any number, but usually between 4 and 12.
What is a stanza?
I like to eat ham and cheese crackers on Sundays.
What is simple?
He wrote the poem "Baby Rapper".
Who is Mr. Olivier?
"Nature's first green is gold / Her hardest hue to hold"
What is alliteration?
After he went to school
What is a dependent clause?
A 3-line poem that usually contains a syllabic patter of 5 lines, 7 lines, 5 lines.
What is a haiku?
I would tell you, but I would have to kill you.
What is compound?
This spooky poet wrote "Annabel Lee" and a number of other poems and short stories.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
I am.
What is an independent clause?
The rhyming pattern of a poem, such as ABAB, CDCD, etc.
What is a rhyme scheme?
I ate through a veritable mountain of pizza and cake.
What is simple?
He wrote 154 sonnets and a number of plays such as "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet".
Who is Shakespeare?
She was as cute as a button.
What is simile?
"do hereby challenge"
What is a verb phrase?
The central idea of a work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
What is theme?
Although I ate so much pizza and cake, I could still go for more.
What is complex?
The poet wrote an untitled poem we analyzed in class, and was also a rapper who died tragically at the age of 25.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
"Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,/But bears it out even to the edge of doom"
What is personification?
"United States isolationism"
What is a noun phrase?
A figure of speech that contains an exaggeration for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
Write a complex sentence on the board. :)
Good luck!
A poem with the line:
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
What is "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare?
"Hope is the thing with feathers--""
What is metaphor?
"elaborate universal jazz"
What is an adjectival phrase?