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Poetry Analysis and Figurative Language
Poetry Analysis and Figurative Language
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Language Arts Review of poetry and figurative language
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What is repetition or refrain?
comparison without using like or as
Words or phrases are repeated for emphasis
sound words
comparison using like or as
2
Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile
simile
alliteration
metaphor
personification
3
What is the silken home?
the caterpillar
the tree
the chrysalis
4
What is imagery?
language appeals to senses
comparison using like or as
comparison without using like or as
sound words
5
Why does the writer say peace is “like a river”?
Rivers are water
Rivers keep moving in one direction
Rivers are blue and big
6
When the stooping sky / Leans down upon the hills
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
simile
7
What action is described in the third stanza of the poem?
kids playing on the beach
waves crashing
tide rolling in and out
8
What is the
mood
of this poem? How does it make you feel?
sad, depressed
excited, anxious
calm, peaceful
9
Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration
simile
10
Without the slightest tinge of gold, The city shivered in the cold...
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
11
What is alliteration?
comparison without using like or as
same sound at the end of words
comparison using like or as
same sound at beginning of words in a row
12
What does the word
lair
mean?
an eating or growing place
a resting or sleeping place
an open place
13
When they found him dead, His hand was cold as lead.
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
personification
14
Why did the poet say the caterpillar is like soft sculpture?
it looks like christmas
it is pleasing to look at
it is still
15
The wind and the rain, the wind and the rain, Tinkle and drip, tinkle and drip--
personification
onomatopoeia
simile
metaphor
16
What is end rhyme?
no rhyming
rhyming at the beginning of a line of poetry
rhyming at the end of a line of poetry
rhyming at the middle of a line of poetry
17
The speaker cannot remember holding her sister's hand because
the photograph scared her
she dislikes her sister
many years have passed
18
What is personification?
comparison using like or as
extreme exaggeration
giving non living things human traits
comparison without using like or as
19
My love is like a red, red rose.
repetition
simile
metaphor
alliteration
20
What is rhyme scheme?
no rhyming
rhyming at the end of a line of poetry
The pattern of rhyme within a poem
rhyming at the beginning of a line of poetry
21
My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
alliteration
22
What is figurative language?
Words that rhyme
Words that relate to one another
Language that doesn't literally mean what it says
23
What is rhyme?
same sound at the end of words
comparison using like or as
same sound at the beginning of words
comparison without using like or as
24
What is a hyperbole?
comparison using like or as
same sound at the beginning
comparison without using like or as
extreme exaggeration
25
The tear-drop trickled to his chin: / There was a meaning in her grin
simile
rhyme
onomatopoeia
metaphor
26
In the final two lines of the poem, the speaker's tone is...
impatience
longing
confusion
27
This is the hardest question that anyone has ever had to answer.
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
simile
28
The theme of this poem is...
relatives need to support each other
only good things are forgotten
time can change feelings between people
29
What is internal rhyme?
rhyming at the end of a line of poetry
rhyming at the beginning of a line of poetry
rhyming at the middle of a line of poetry
no rhyming
30
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
31
Drip-hiss-drip-hiss- fall the raindrops.
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
32
What is the message of the song?
the person is sad
The person is worried
the person is peaceful
33
At the time the photograph is taken the speaker is...
very young
waiting for Christmas
camera shy
34
Your eyes are a shadowy seaIn the starry darkness of night.
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
