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Poetry Analysis and Figurative Language
Poetry Analysis and Figurative Language
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Review of poetry and figurative language
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Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.
simile
metaphor
alliteration
hyperbole
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What is a metaphor?
comparison without using like or as
extreme exaggeration
comparison using like or as
sound words
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The wind and the rain, the wind and the rain, Tinkle and drip, tinkle and drip--
onomatopoeia
personification
metaphor
simile
4
Your eyes are a shadowy seaIn the starry darkness of night.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
5
Why did the poet say the caterpillar is like soft sculpture?
it is pleasing to look at
it looks like christmas
it is still
6
Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile
personification
simile
alliteration
metaphor
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What does the word
lair
mean?
an open place
a resting or sleeping place
an eating or growing place
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The tear-drop trickled to his chin: / There was a meaning in her grin
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
rhyme
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What is rhyme?
comparison without using like or as
same sound at the beginning of words
same sound at the end of words
comparison using like or as
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In the final two lines of the poem, the speaker's tone is...
confusion
longing
impatience
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What is personification?
giving non living things human traits
comparison using like or as
comparison without using like or as
extreme exaggeration
12
Why does the writer say love is “like anocean”?
Oceans are very big
Oceans change
Oceans are salt water
13
The speaker cannot remember holding her sister's hand because
she dislikes her sister
the photograph scared her
many years have passed
14
When the stooping sky / Leans down upon the hills
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
15
Why does the writer say peace is “like a river”?
Rivers keep moving in one direction
Rivers are blue and big
Rivers are water
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What action is described in the third stanza of the poem?
waves crashing
kids playing on the beach
tide rolling in and out
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What is figurative language?
Words that rhyme
Words that relate to one another
Language that doesn't literally mean what it says
18
What is a couplet?
a group of lines in a poem
2 lines that rhyme in a poem
4 lines that rhyme in a poem
19
This is the hardest question that anyone has ever had to answer.
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
alliteration
20
Without the slightest tinge of gold, The city shivered in the cold...
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
21
What is imagery?
comparison without using like or as
comparison using like or as
sound words
language appeals to senses
22
What makes poetry unique?
long sentences, and paragraphs
short phrases, follows grammar rules
short phrases, may rhyme, may be numbered
23
What is the message of the song?
the person is peaceful
the person is sad
The person is worried
24
When they found him dead, His hand was cold as lead.
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
25
What is a hyperbole?
comparison without using like or as
same sound at the beginning
comparison using like or as
extreme exaggeration
26
What is the silken home?
the chrysalis
the caterpillar
the tree
27
What is repetition or refrain?
Words or phrases are repeated for emphasis
comparison without using like or as
sound words
comparison using like or as
28
My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
alliteration
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
29
What is alliteration?
comparison using like or as
same sound at beginning of words in a row
comparison without using like or as
same sound at the end of words
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What is poetry?
a genre of literature that may rhyme, short phrases, and fun
Words that relate to one another
long sentences that rhyme and are grouped in stanzas
31
What is rhyme scheme?
rhyming at the beginning of a line of poetry
rhyming at the end of a line of poetry
The pattern of rhyme within a poem
no rhyming
32
What is a stanza?
4 lines that rhyme in a poem
words that repeat
a group of lines in a poem
2 lines that rhyme in a poem
33
The theme of this poem is...
only good things are forgotten
time can change feelings between people
relatives need to support each other
34
My love is like a red, red rose.
repetition
simile
metaphor
alliteration
35
Drip-hiss-drip-hiss- fall the raindrops.
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
36
What is the
mood
of this poem? How does it make you feel?
excited, anxious
sad, depressed
calm, peaceful
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At the time the photograph is taken the speaker is...
camera shy
waiting for Christmas
very young
