Poetry Quiz for 101

"you fit into me

like a hook into an eye

a fish hook

an open eye."

What type of language is this?

• Figurative Language: Creating comparisons between two things abstractly

• Sarcasm: You can't have a hook go into an eye.

• Literal Language: There is no exaggeration.

Poems must always have rhyme, a specific vocabulary, a specific format, and a particular topic. (True or False?)

What is the purpose of a poem generally?

• Tell a story

• Can express emotions and convey a thought/s

• Sometimes has a secret or subtle message.

• All of these.

"Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into the daybreak, that's wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave me,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave

I rise

I rise

I rise"

What is being done within this poem? Look closely at the lines. Refers to something that occurs more than once.

What is a stanza in poetry?

What did we see within the short story Cell 3.47?

• Personification: These rats talk!

• Humanizing: All the rats feel the same.

• Mood: The rats are angry.

• There weren't any rats in Cell 3.47

What are some correct types of literary devices in poetry?

• Metaphor, Mood, Imagery

• Just Rhyming, Meter, and Imagery

• There aren't any

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