Oh, How My Tree Inspires Me

The video explores the world of language arts, focusing on poetry and figurative language. It explains different types of figurative language, such as similes, metaphors, alliteration, idioms, and personification. The instructor shares a poem about a tree, encouraging viewers to identify examples of figurative language. The video concludes with a detailed analysis of the poem's stanzas, highlighting the use of figurative language.

What is the primary purpose of using figurative language in poetry?

• To provide factual information

• To make the text longer

• To confuse the reader

• To enhance the beauty and interest of the poem

Which of the following is a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language involves giving human traits to non-human things?

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

What is the poem about that the narrator wrote?

• A tree

• A mountain

• A river

• A flower

In the poem, what figurative language is used to describe the tree as a 'loyal and good friend'?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

Which figurative language is demonstrated by the phrase 'dancing, drifting down, down'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

What does the idiom 'feeling down' mean in the context of the poem?

• Feeling happy

• Feeling sad

• Feeling energetic

• Feeling confused