WorksheetsElements of Poetry and Figurative Language
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 35mins
A comparison of two unlike things using "as" or "like"
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration
simile
What is the following statement an example of?
I'm a riddle in nine syllables
Simile
Metaphor
What is the following statement an example of?
The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key.
Simile
Metaphor
What is the following statement an example of?
Hope is the thing with feathers
SImile
Metaphor
These emphasize sound and give poetry its musical quality:
Figurative language
Sound devices
Words that end in the same sound (ex: hat and cat)
Repetition
Rhyme
Alliteration
Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words that are close together (ex: while I nodded, nearly napping)
Repetition
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
A word that sounds like what it means (ex: boom)
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Alliteration
When the test began, the guys grimaced and groaned.
Rhyme
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
The steaks sizzled on the grill.
Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Rhyme
"I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.
I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere."
What is the external rhyme scheme?
ABCD
AABB
ABAB
Using expressions with a different meaning than the literal interpretation
Figurative language
Sound devices
Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
The car complained when Amy sped up to 65 miles per hour on the highway.
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
The classroom was a zoo.
Simile
Metaphor
Mr. Hinkley's explanation was as clear as mud.
Simile
Metaphor
Figurative Language is...
using like or as in a sentence.
literal language meaning exactly what the text says.
figures of speech to be more effectice, persuasive, and impactful.
the main idea of a poem or text.
Authors use sensory and figurative language to
Hint at the author or character's attitude
show evidence in the text.
allow readers to make clear inferences.
inform the reader of new information.
What is the FIRST step analyzing a poem?
Read the poem
Observe the poem.
Identify repeating details or ideas.
identify poetic devices
What should you do if the text or poem contains an image?
Find answers relating to the image.
Ignore the image and continue to the text.
Fully observe the image so you can make any connections while reading.
Make a caption for the image.
You use ________ from the text to create a main idea.
Topics and details
beginning, middle, and end.
figurative language
summaries
You use ____________ from the text to create a summary.
inferences
1-2 words
main ideas.
figurative language
What question should you ask yourself when making an inference?
What trait could be describe the character?
How does this story make progress?
What is the author's message?
What is the main idea of the text?
Sensory Language describes and connects your five sense. What are they?
see, hear,sound, sight, touch
see,hear,smell,taste,touch
touch, feel, texture, speech, sound.
taste,sight,touch,feel
Summaries are ...
written in your own words.
opinion pieces about the text.
does not include important names.
Uses "he","she",the character.
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
What is a poet?
The author of a poem
The director of a drama
The writer of a story
The performer of a play
The "sentence" in a poem is known as....
Stanza
Quotes
Script
Line
Who is the speaker in a poem?
Always the author
The person who we imagine is saying the poem
The subject of the poem
The person performing the poem on stage
Which word rhymes with all three?
butterfly
shy
multiply
bite
eye
Offset! Gon' whip it, intermission, let the birds fly
I get money, tunnel vision through my third eye
In that skillet, watch me flip it like it's Five Guys
Look at my pilgrim, check out the ceilin', look at the blue sky
ABBC
AABA
When you wish upon a star,
makes no difference who you are,
anything you heart desires will come to you
AAB
AAA
the pattern of rhymes at the end of lines to which we assign letters
alliteration
assonance
rhyme scheme
The pattern of rhyme, identified by marking the pattern with a different letter for each rhyme (ABAB) is called
rhythm
meter
rhyme scheme
A poem that uses no rhyme scheme or meter, and the lines are broken up as the poet sees fit is called a(n)
acrostic poem
free verse poem
narrative poem
The tone of a poem is created by
imagery
word choice
rhyming
What is the rhyme scheme?
ABAB
ABCD
AABC
AABB
What is the rhyme scheme?
AABB
ABAB
ABCD
BBAA
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
