Figurative Language
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile uses "like" or "as" to compare two things, a metaphor does not.
What type of poem addresses someone or something that is not present?
apostrophe poem
Which word is a synonym for evident?
A. uncertain
B. indifferent
C. obvious
C. Obvious
Which sentence is arranged correctly to make sense?
A. The crow was saved by the day.
B. The day was saved by the crow.
C. The saved by the day was crow.
B. The day was saved by the crow.
Why does the author use allusion in the poem?
to draw a connection
Which poem is being described below?
A poetic form with nineteen lines and a set pattern of repeating lines and rhyming words
villanelle poem
What is true about a quatrain?
A stanza with 4 lines.
Arrange the following words to make it a complete sentence that makes sense:
interesting the more sky astronomer was the than
The sky was more interesting than the astronomer.
"I saw a host, of golden daffodils;
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze".
Is an example of what figurative language?
Personification
Which type of poem is being described below?
A poem about the craft of poetry
Ars Poetica
What word means: to feel sorry about or regret
Rue
Why is the connecting word because used to combine the two ideas in a sentence?
The second part of the sentence tells the "why."
In the poem “Advice,” the father makes a comparison between the way to handle worms and the way to handle hurtful words. What figurative language does the author use in this poem?
Implied Metaphor
"I chopped down the house that you had been saving to live in next summer. I am sorry, but it was morning, and I had nothing to do and its wooden beams were so inviting." Is an example of a rhyme scheme or free verse?
Free Verse
The word transfixed means:
A. held motionless
B. throbbing rhythmically
C. sparkling or shining
A. held motionless
Arranges the following words to form a complete sentence that makes sense:
cold he plums they eats sweet because and the are
He eats the plums because they are cold and sweet
In the poem, "When I heard a learn'd Astronomer", the word "when" is an example of what figurative language:
"When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture room..."
Anaphora
A poem where the speaker offers guidance, instructions, or warnings to a specific audience is called an...
Advice Poem
What is the meaning of mystical?
not of this world
Arranges the following words to form a complete sentence that makes sense:
fairies the the offer food hungry woodchopper magical from pot the
The fairies offer the hungry woodchopper food from the magical pot.