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Use in preparation for Literary Analysis - Poetry Unit
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"Hail to the bright spirit!"
methaphor
epigram
apostrophe
personification
2
The wicked wind whispers and moans
alliteration
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
3
How many times should you read a poem?
Seventeen
Twice...just to be sure.
Once...dude, I got this.
As many times as you need to understand it.
4
"The evil that men do lives after them, The good oft interred with their bones."
hyperbole
apostrophe
epigram
oxymoron
5
Which of the following is an effective use of imagery?
Alvaro slept in class.
I had a dream about animals.
The cat meowed. This is a wrong answer
Hissing, the black snake slithered slowly through the grass.
6
Why would a poet use repetition in poetry?
To help students remember the line.
To add emphasis to the lines.
To help the reader understand the meaning of the poem.
To insure poetic devices are used cleverly.
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"If anything might rouse him now/ the kind old sun will know"
hyperbole
simile
personification
metaphor
8
"You know I love me, You know I care, Just shout whenever, I'll be there."
Repetition and rhyme
Repetition
Rhythm
Imagery
9
"like dumb tongues that loll and gasp for air"
simile
paradox
metaphor
personification
10
Dominant feeling the poet has towards the subject.
mood
rhythm
theme
tone
11
"We stood in hell with dead smiles"
personification
methaphor
oxymoron
hyperbole
12
"You are all a lost generation." Gertrude Stein
epigram
Oxymoron
tone
Paradox
13
Night blanketed the town, and graveyards came alive with creaks and groans.
onomatopoeia
repetiton
simile
hyperbole
14
"like a rocket shot to a ship ashore/ the lean red bolt of his body tore"
hyperbole
simile
personification
metaphor
15
Her speech was
awfully good
but left the audience perplexed.
simile
methaphor
paradox
oxymoron
