Exploring Poetry Terms

The video tutorial covers essential poetry terms, including literal and figurative language, figures of speech, and sound devices. It explains the structure of poetry, such as stanzas and themes, and discusses the use of symbols. The tutorial also explores mood and imagery, emphasizing descriptive and sensory language to create vivid mental pictures.

What is literal language?

• Language that uses metaphors

• Language that has a hidden meaning

• Language that uses similes

• Language that says exactly what it means

What is the main characteristic of figurative language?

• It should be taken at face value

• It uses only literal meanings

• It avoids any imaginative interpretation

• It has a meaning beyond the words written

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• It’s a million degrees in here

• He was a stone

• The wind whispered

• She smiled like the sun

What is a metaphor?

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'

• An exaggeration to create humor

What does personification involve?

• Using 'like' or 'as' in comparisons

• Comparing two unlike things

• Exaggerating to make a point

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

What is a stanza in poetry?

• A single line in a poem

• A group of lines in a poem

• A type of figurative language

• A sound device

What is the theme of a poem?

• The moral or message of the poem

• The use of descriptive language

• The feeling created in the reader

• The pattern of end rhyme

What does a symbol in poetry represent?

• A literal meaning

• A sound device

• An object that stands for an idea

• A type of stanza

What is alliteration?

• Words that imitate sounds

• The feeling created in the reader

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Repetition of vowel sounds

What is onomatopoeia?

• Words that imitate sounds

• Repetition of consonant sounds

• Repetition of vowel sounds

• The use of descriptive language