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Analyzing Poetry
Synonyms
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Who's That Punctuation Mark?
Complete that thought!!!
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"Chimneys are bent legs bouncing on clouds below." is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
100
trouble, annoy,
What is disturb?
100
hold, retain
What is keep?
100
;
What is a semicolon?
100
This is conjunction that would best complete this thought: "___________I was late to school, I got my third tardy and can't go to the movies this weekend!" ALTHOUGH BUT BECAUSE
What is BECAUSE?
200
"A flag wags like a fishhook down there in the sky." is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
200
hazardous, perilous,
What is dangerous?
200
glance, look
What is see?
200
:
What is a colon?
200
This is conjunction that would best complete this thought: "________________I still had some money left, I decided to not spend it on Yu-Gi-Oh cards and save it instead." DESPITE EVEN THOUGH UNLESS
What is EVEN THOUGH?
300
This passage, "The arch stone bridge is an eye, with an underlid in the water. In its lens dip crinkled heads with hats that don't fall off...", contains two examples of this type of figurative language.
What are metaphors?
300
hard, troublesome,
What is difficult?
300
ornament, decoration,
What is decoration?
300
" "
What are quotation marks?
300
This is subordinating conjunction that would best complete this thought: "_________________you get a chance, can you come by my office to see me?" AFTER WHENEVER BEFORE
What is WHENEVER?
400
It's the type of figurative language used in this line, "The flowers danced in the spring breeze..."
What is personification?
400
repair, mend,
What is fix?
400
right, proper,
What is correct?
400
*
What is an asterisk?
400
This is conjunction that would best complete this thought: The party was starting to get boring,________________everyone was beginning to get tired and wanted to go home. SINCE BUT AND
What is SINCE?
500
This sample uses this type of figurative language, which refers to the REPEATED USE OF A LINE OR EVEN A FEW WORDS in a poem. I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay.
What is repetition?
500
detest, despise,
What is hate?
500
slaughter, murder,
What is kill?
500
&
What is an ampersand?
500
This is the punctuation and conjunction combination that would best complete this thought: "I may have spent an hour in line for tickets to "Monsters Vs. Aliens" ______________it was worth it!" ,BUT ,AND ,YET
What is ,BUT?