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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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The theme of this poem is...
time can change feelings between people
relatives need to support each other
only good things are forgotten
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Your eyes are a shadowy sea In the starry darkness of night.
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
3
Drip-hiss-drip-hiss- fall the raindrops.
metaphor
alliteration
simile
onomatopoeia
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The wind and the rain, the wind and the rain, Tinkle and drip, tinkle and drip--
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
metaphor
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What is a stanza?
4 lines that rhyme in a poem
a group of lines in a poem
2 lines that rhyme in a poem
words that repeat
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My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
simile
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Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile
sibilance
metaphor
simile
personification
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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
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What makes poetry unique?
long sentences, and paragraphs
short phrases, may rhyme, may be numbered
short phrases, follows grammar rules
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At the time the photograph is taken the speaker is...
camera shy
very young
waiting for Christmas
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Why does the writer say love is “like an ocean”?
Oceans are salt water
Oceans are very big
Oceans change
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What is alliteration?
same sound at the end of words
comparison using like or as
same sound at beginning of words in a row
comparison without using like or as
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What is the message of the song?
The person is worried
The person is peaceful
The person is sad
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What is the silken home?
the caterpillar
the tree
the chrysalis
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Why does the writer say peace is “like a river”?
Rivers are blue and big
Rivers are water
Rivers keep moving in one direction
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What is a hyperbole?
comparison using like or as
extreme exaggeration
comparison without using like or as
same sound at the beginning
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When the stooping sky / Leans down upon the hills
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
simile
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What is rhyme?
comparison without using like or as
same sound at the end of words
same sound at the beginning of words
comparison using like or as
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What is internal rhyme?
no rhyming
rhyming at the end of a line of poetry
rhyming at the middle of a line of poetry
rhyming at the beginning of a line of poetry
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What is a couplet?
2 lines that rhyme in a poem
4 lines that rhyme in a poem
a group of lines in a poem
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The tear-drop trickled to his chin: / There was a meaning in her grin
simile
rhyme
metaphor
onomatopoeia
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What does the word
lair
mean?
an open place
an eating or growing place
a resting or sleeping place
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In the final two lines of the poem, the speaker's tone is...
longing
confusion
impatience
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The speaker cannot remember holding her sister's hand because
she dislikes her sister
many years have passed
the photograph scared her
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What is a quatrain?
Two lines that rhyme in a poem
a group of lines in a poem
a stanza of 4 lines, especially one having alternate rhymes
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Why did the poet say the caterpillar is like soft sculpture?
it looks like christmas
it is still
it is pleasing to look at
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What is figurative language?
Language that doesn't literally mean what it says
Words that relate to one another
Words that rhyme
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What is end rhyme?
rhyming at the middle of a line of poetry
no rhyming
rhyming at the beginning of a line of poetry
rhyming at the end of a line of poetry
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What is repetition or refrain?
comparison using like or as
comparison without using like or as
sound words
Words or phrases are repeated for emphasis
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What is a metaphor?
comparison using like or as
comparison without using like or as
sound words
extreme exaggeration
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What is imagery?
sound words
language appeals to senses
comparison without using like or as
comparison using like or as
32
What is the
mood
of this poem? How does it make you feel?
sad, depressed
excited, anxious
calm, peaceful
33
Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.
alliteration
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
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What is personification?
comparison without using like or as
giving non living things human traits
comparison using like or as
extreme exaggeration
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My love is like a red, red rose.
simile
repetition
alliteration
metaphor
36
When they found him dead, His hand was cold as lead.
hyperbole
simile
personification
metaphor
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Without the slightest tinge of gold, The city shivered in the cold...
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
simile
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What action is described in the third stanza of the poem?
waves crashing
tide rolling in and out
kids playing on the beach
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What is poetry?
Words that relate to one another
long sentences that rhyme and are grouped in stanzas
a genre of literature that may rhyme, short phrases, and fun
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This is the hardest question that anyone has ever had to answer.
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
alliteration
