EXAMPLE: I have a ton of chores to do when I get home.

Birds bathe backward in the birdbath. This is an example of what element?

In this line of the poem, "Far Away, buzzers buzz and school bells ring, what element are the words buzz and ring?

What is true about poetry?

Which of the following is not a type of poem?

What is the rhyme scheme in the following poem excerpt?

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

Paulina put the pretty pink petunias into pots.

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The water plopped into the lake in big droplets.

Which poetic device is used in the following line?

The river swallowed the town whole.

What is the meaning of denotation?

The musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

is called

The use of

words that vividly describe a sound

(the word mimics the sound)

so that readers can clearly "hear" them

is called

A figure of speech that

offers an exaggerated

or extravagant statement

(that is not meant to be taken literally)

in order to highlight a point

is called

A figure of speech

that uses a word or phrase

to describe something

that it does literally apply to

in order to show

a similarity

is called

Using a word or phrase

that does not actually name an object,

but represents a part of it

or a related idea,

in order to reference the whole thing

is called

Using a situation, description, or quote

that draws another text to mind

without actually naming the text

in order draw a comparison

and add meaning

is called

Using a concrete object or phrase

to represent a different abstract idea

(the meaning is usually open to interpretation)

is called

A poem that

follows a predictable pattern

or conventional structure

is called

A poem that uses

lines of varying lengths

along with unpredictable

rhyme schemes and rhythms

is called

A short poem expressing personal feelings and emotions that may be set to music and often involves the use of regular meter.

A long narrative poem, usually chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques.

A fourteen line poem that follows a specific rhyme scheme and oftentimes ends in couplet.

Two consecutive/paired rhyming lines, usually stating an important thematic idea.

Interpret the use of personification:

"The camera loves me!"

What is a rhyme scheme?

The haiku syllable set up is:

Which line shows that the daffodils are being personified?

"A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."