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Patell Poetry Analysis and Figurative Language
Patell Poetry Analysis and Figurative Language
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Language Arts Review of poetry and figurative language
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Your eyes are a shadowy seaIn the starry darkness of night.
metaphor
personification
simile
hyperbole
2
What is rhyme?
comparison using like or as
same sound at the beginning of words
same sound at the end of words
comparison without using like or as
3
What is repetition or refrain?
comparison using like or as
comparison without using like or as
Words or phrases are repeated for emphasis
sound words
4
Without the slightest tinge of gold, The city shivered in the cold...
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
simile
5
Why does the writer say peace is “like a river”?
Rivers are blue and big
Rivers keep moving in one direction
Rivers are water
6
What is personification?
comparison using like or as
giving non living things human traits
comparison without using like or as
extreme exaggeration
7
What does the word
lair
mean?
a resting or sleeping place
an eating or growing place
an open place
8
What is imagery?
sound words
language appeals to senses
comparison using like or as
comparison without using like or as
9
What is the
mood
of this poem? How does it make you feel?
excited, anxious
sad, depressed
calm, peaceful
10
What is the silken home?
the tree
the chrysalis
the caterpillar
11
When the stooping sky / Leans down upon the hills
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
12
The speaker cannot remember holding her sister's hand because
many years have passed
she dislikes her sister
the photograph scared her
13
This is the hardest question that anyone has ever had to answer.
alliteration
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
14
Why does the writer say love is “like anocean”?
Oceans are very big
Oceans change
Oceans are salt water
15
Why did the poet say the caterpillar is like soft sculpture?
it is pleasing to look at
it looks like christmas
it is still
16
The wind and the rain, the wind and the rain, Tinkle and drip, tinkle and drip--
metaphor
onomatopoeia
simile
personification
17
What action is described in the third stanza of the poem?
tide rolling in and out
waves crashing
kids playing on the beach
18
Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.
simile
alliteration
metaphor
hyperbole
19
What is a hyperbole?
same sound at the beginning
comparison using like or as
extreme exaggeration
comparison without using like or as
20
At the time the photograph is taken the speaker is...
camera shy
waiting for Christmas
very young
21
What is the message of the song?
the person is sad
The person is worried
the person is peaceful
22
What makes poetry unique?
long sentences, and paragraphs
short phrases, may rhyme, may be numbered
short phrases, follows grammar rules
23
The theme of this poem is...
time can change feelings between people
only good things are forgotten
relatives need to support each other
24
What is alliteration?
same sound at beginning of words in a row
same sound at the end of words
comparison without using like or as
comparison using like or as
25
My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
simile
hyperbole
alliteration
metaphor
26
Drip-hiss-drip-hiss- fall the raindrops.
metaphor
alliteration
simile
onomatopoeia
27
What is a metaphor?
extreme exaggeration
comparison without using like or as
comparison using like or as
sound words
28
What is figurative language?
Language that doesn't literally mean what it says
Words that rhyme
Words that relate to one another
29
My love is like a red, red rose.
simile
repetition
metaphor
alliteration
30
What is poetry?
long sentences that rhyme and are grouped in stanzas
Words that relate to one another
a genre of literature that may rhyme, short phrases, and fun
31
Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile
personification
alliteration
simile
metaphor
32
The tear-drop trickled to his chin: / There was a meaning in her grin
metaphor
onomatopoeia
rhyme
simile
33
In the final two lines of the poem, the speaker's tone is...
confusion
impatience
longing
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When they found him dead, His hand was cold as lead.
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
personification
