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Identify the definitions and examples of poetic techniques.
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poem of praise - originally praise for Greek athletic victory
ballad
elegy
epic
ode
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Identify onomatopoeia.
Peter's piglet pranced prigigishly
As snug as a bug in a rug
The sun glared down at me from the sky
Pop, bang, whiz
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Identify the metaphor.
The snow is a white blanket
Carrie's cat clawed her couch creating chaos
As busy as a bee
The Stars danced playfully in the night sky
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Identify alliteration.
One thing I always hate, is when I am running late
As agile as a monkey
Kim's kids kept kiting
My computer throws a fit every time I use it
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the rhythm or pattern of accented/unaccented syllables
meter
verse
stanza
alliteration
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Winter may be a symbol of
death
birth
happiness
anger
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Identify the simile
He was a dopey, daggy dog
The lonely sea cried to the sand on the beach
Ms Bond is like a machine
The student was a fox
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a reference to something/someone famous (a song, art, character...)
illusion
hyperbole
understatement
allusion
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What is personification?
The beat or timing of a poem
Giving human qualities to non-human objects
A great exaggeration
Words that represent sounds
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Identify rhyme
See you later, alligator. In a while, crocodile.
Zac zeroed in on zoo keeping
The waffle jumped out of the toaster
Ralph's reindeer rose rapidly and ran round the room
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LONG poem with a hero; tells a story
ballad
epic
sonnet
elegy
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the feeling provoked in the reader
tone
mood
theme
connotation
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serious, sorrowful poem lamenting someone's death
epic
elegy
ode
haiku
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dictionary definition of a word
mood
tone
connotation
denotation
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What is assonance?
Endings of words which sound alike
A great exaggeration
Repetition of vowel sounds within words
Giving human qualities to non-human objects
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Often a symbol of challenge
forests
water
sleep
red
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Identify assonance
Hiss, twang, crackle
Try to light the fire
Cute as a kitten
I've heard that one a million times
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What is onomatopoeia?
Compares things using like or as
Endings of words that sound alike
Repetition on consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Words that represent sounds
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language that says more than ordinary language with FEWER words in LESS space
prose
beat
poetry
stanza
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Identify personification
The ocean danced in the moonlight
Tim took tons of tools to make toys for tots
The hospital was a refrigerator
As black as coal
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What is alliteration?
Words that represent sounds
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
The beat or timing of a poem
Repetition of vowel sounds within words
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poetry that does NOT have certain form, rhythm or rhyme (most modern poetry)
lyric
meter
sonnet
free verse
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Identify repetition.
He is a shining star
The classroom was a zoo
I don't like kiwis, I don't like limes, I don't like apples
Woof, squeak, pop
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words that rhyme within one line of poetry
near rhyme
eye rhyme
end rhyme
internal rhyme
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What is rhyme?
The beat or timing of a poem
Endings of words which sound alike
Repetition of vowel sounds
Words that represent sounds
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What is a simile?
Compares 2 things saying that one thing is or was another
Giving human qualities to non-human objects
Compares 2 things using like or as
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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the feelings (+ or -) associated with a word beyond the definition
denotation
connotation
mood
tone
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What is hyperbole?
Compares 2 different things using like or as
Giving human qualities to non-human objects
Repetition of vowel sounds
A great exaggeration
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What is repetition?
Repetition of vowel sounds
Compares different things using like or as
The beat or timing of a poem
Using a word(s) more that once in a sentence or stanza
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What is a metaphor?
A great exaggeration
Compares two different things using like or as
The beat or timing of a poem
Compares things saying that one thing is or was another
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Identify hyperbole
Hear the mellow wedding bells
As blind as a bat
The wind sang through the window
He told the whole world my secret
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What is rhythm?
Repetition of vowel sounds within words
The beat or timing of a poem
Words that represent sounds
Giving human qualities to non-human objects
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Japanese poem of 3 lines; 5-7-5
ode
epic
haiku
limerick
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the attitude of the speaker/author
mood
theme
tone
denotation
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Words that appear to rhyme but don't (LOOK like they should rhyme)
end rhyme
eye rhyme
near rhyme
internal rhyme
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a division in poetry like a paragraph in prose
verse
column
couplet
stanza
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A 5 line poem from Ireland; AABBA
elegy
limerick
haiku
ballad
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14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme; Italian or English
lyric
sonnet
epic
ode
