6th Grade Poetry Literary Terms

Question 1

Rhyme Scheme?: "I need sleep / but there is a book / If I take a look / I'll be sucked in deep"

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abba

Question 2

What advice does the mother give to her son in Mother to Son

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Don't give up

Question 3

When we use literary devices to make comparisons between unlike things, this is called

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Figurative Language

Question 4

Example: "Ms. Rose rose royally from the rafters to rain radiation on her radical students

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Alliteration

Question 5

These are a type of Japanese Poetry usually about nature

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Haiku

Question 6

When we use words which imitate the sounds they make

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Ontomatopoeia

Question 7

When we compare unlike things using "like" and "as"

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Simile

Question 8

This type of poetry takes the shape of its subject

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Concrete Poem

Question 9

Who wrote "In Just--"

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e.e. cummings

Question 10

Using our senses to create a more descriptive image

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Sensory Imagry

Question 11

Who wrote "Fog"

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Carl Sandburg

Question 12

Who wrote "Annabel Lee"

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Edgar Allen Poe

Question 13

The poem Father Willaim has a character who exaggerates a lot. This is the literary device...

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hyperbole

Question 14

Who wrote "Stopping by Woods"

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Robert Frost

Question 15

The Cremation of Sam Mcgee tells a story! Therefore, it is a _____________ poem.

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Narrative

Question 16

The poem "fog" compares the murky fog to which animal?

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A cat

Question 17

Example "The wind caressed my cheek softly, and whispered the secrets of the ocean in my ear"

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Personification

Question 18

Examples: "Brunch" "Spanglish" "eddieandbill"

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Portmanteau

Question 19

If I said "I'll die if I eat another cookie," you could scream ___________ at me.

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ONOMATOPOEIA!, HYPERBOLE!, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE!

Question 20

Example: "He gives his harness bells a shake / to ask if there is some mistake"

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Rhyme

Question 21

When we repeat the first sound in a sentence, similar to this style. Super!

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Alliteration

Question 22

When we compare unlike things without using "like" or "as"

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Metaphor

Question 23

Who wrote "I'm Nobody"

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Emily Dickinson

Question 24

What type of poem is this?

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Concrete

Question 25

What kind of poetry does not have a dedicated rhyme scheme?

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Free Verse

Question 26

The poem Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe has a creepy __________.

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mood

Question 27

The message of "I'm Nobody" is...

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...that being somebody is too much pressure!

Question 28

The Highwayman tells the story of a Robinhood-like character. Which type of poetry is this?

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Narrative Poetry

Question 29

When we smash two words together to create one word with both sounds and meanings ("brunch")

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Portmanteau

Question 30

When we give unhuman things, human qualities!

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Personification

Question 31

Example: I'm a horse, racing around the track, gliding effortlessly around turns."

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Metaphor

Question 32

BOOM! CRASH! CRUNCH! TLOT, TLOT!

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Onomatopoeia

Question 33

The Village Blacksmith tries to teach us...

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...to respect hard working people and try to be like them

Question 34

Which type of poetry is this?

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Haiku

Question 35

Which type of poetry is this?

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Free Verse

Question 36

Who wrote "Mother to Son"

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Langston Hughes

Question 37

In a poem, "And miles to go before I sleep" is repeated for emphasis. This is an example of...

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Refrain

Question 38

e.e. cummings has a very specific style...

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free verse poetry

Question 39

Example: "I could taste the salt in the air and feel the wind sweep sand over my toes"

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Sensory Image

Question 40

Examples: A red rose, a wedding ring, a dove, a fir tree, etc.

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symbol

Question 41

Example: I'm as strong as a killer whale, throwing a penguin in the air

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Simile

Question 42

Finish this: "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout..."

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...would not take the garbage out

Question 43

The poem Seal has a distinct shape. It is a type of...

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Concrete Poetry

Question 44

In a story, we use paragraphs. In a poem, we use __________.

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stanzas

Question 45

Similes and metaphors are examples of...

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Figurative Language

6th Grade Poetry Literary Terms

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6th Grade Poetry Literary Terms

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