| Defining Poetic Devices | ||
| #1 | What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor? |
Both are figurative language. Both are poetic devices. Both are used to compare unlike objects. Simile uses "like" or "as" in the comparison |
| #2 | One syllable words that rhyme |
hard rhyme |
| #3 | What poetic device is being used in this stanza by Sarah Kay? And I’m going to paint the solar systems on the backs of her hands, so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say, “Oh, I know that like the back of my hand.” And she’s going to learn that this life will hit you, hard, in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air." | Imagery (or Sensory Language) |
| #4 | "Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly"
-Langston Hughes |
metaphor |
| #5 | What example of figurative language is being used in the following stanza?
Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. |
Metaphor |
| Defining Sound Devices | ||
| #1 | What is the definition of alliteration? |
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a verse of poetry |
| #2 | What is the definition of Free Verse? |
Free Verse is when the verses do not rhyme |
| #3 | What is the Rhyme Scheme for the following stanza?
The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckle; At every step you missed My right ear scraped a buckle. |
ABAB |
| #4 | What sound device is being used in the following stanza? "I am the result of the Beauty of being free When you look at me I need you to see That we |
Assonance or Rhyme Scheme |
| #5 | What sound device is being used in this stanza?
"I watch that fellow wearing faded yellow." |
internal rhyme |
| The Basics | ||
| #1 | Uses figurative language and/ or sound devices |
poetry |
| #2 | The smaller unit within a poem, like a verse in a song or a paragraph in prose. |
stanza |
| #3 | an extreme exaggeration |
hyperbole |
| #4 | writing that appeals to the senses, figures of speech not to be taken literally |
figurative language |
| #5 | tools poets use to add meaning or emphasis to their writing through the use of sound |
sound devices |
| Which Figurative Language? | ||
| #1 | She ran like the wind. |
simile |
| #2 | His heart was a drum in his chest. |
metaphor |
| #3 | The sound of the wind in my ears and the heat of the sun on my face. |
Imagery (sensory language) |
| #4 | I have told you a million times to take out the garbage. |
Hyperbole |
| #5 | The shadows held their breath as the moon crept past. |
Personification |
| Which Sound Device? | ||
| #1 | Sarah sang softly. |
Alliteration |
| #2 | I see three bees in the trees. |
Rhyme or assonance |
| #3 | Tick Tock goes the clock. |
Onomatopoeia or rhyme or rhythm |
| #4 | Ice and fire fly high inside my mind |
Assonance |
| #5 | Sometimes she sits inside the insult's grip |
Consonance and rhyme |
| Final Question | |
What is Mrs. Fields' favorite poem? |
"On Turning Ten," by Billy Collins |