Poetry and Figurative Language

A Japanese poem with 3 lines that has 17 syllables is called a

• free verse

• rhyming verse

• limerick

• haiku

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Rhymed verse has

• only 5 lines

• has a rhyme scheme and can be any length

• is Japanese

• is only about nature

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Free verse usually has NO

• figurative language

• rhyme scheme

• metaphors

• syllables

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Which is an example of a metaphor?

• He erupted like a volcano.

• Very vivacious volcanoes erupted!

• The giant volcano spit out lava!

• My dad was a volcano of anger

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What is an example of personification?

• The horse wore his dress and the mice danced in pearls.

• The frog hopped into the lake.

• A big giraffe reached up with his long tongue for a leaf.

• The old man enjoyed his coffee.

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How can you identify a limerick?

• It has 5 lines and an AABBA rhyme scheme

• It has no rhyming words

• It is only three lines

• It is always very serious and sad

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What does perspective mean?

• It is what happens to light when it touches water

• An author's feelings or point of view.

• Character traits

• Motivations

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A Narrator is

• a person who delivers pizzas

• A person who works on a farm

• The person who is telling a story or poem.

• Another name for an astronaut

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The characteristics of a haiku are

• 5 lines

  27 syllables

• 3 lines

  17 syllables

• 4 paragraph essay

• 16 stanzas

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What are the characteristics of free verse poetry?

• 3 lines

• 17 syllables

• No specific amount of lines syllables and no rhyme scheme.

• An AABBA rhyme scheme

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