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Poetic Devices

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  • What colour were Tich Miller's glasses?
    Pink
  • Who wrote the poem Mid-Term break?
    Seamus Heaney
  • What poem is this line from "They usually chose me, the lesser dud" ?
    Tich Miller by Wendy Cope
  • What is alliteration?
    Using the same sound at the beginning of words close together
  • Who wrote the poem Black-Berry Picking?
    Seamus Heaney
  • What is onomatopoeia?
    When the word mimics a sound
  • The overall mood of a poem
    Tone
  • What happened in the poem Mid-Term break?
    Heaney's brother died from a car accident
  • What is this an example of "The house was a zoo"?
    A metaphor
  • What is a symbol?
    It represents something else
  • What poem is this line from "I sat all morning at the college sick bay" ?
    Mid-Term Break
  • What was the main theme of the poem Tich Miller?
    Bullying
  • What is this an example of "The chair flew across the room"?
    Personification
  • What is a simile?
    Comparing two things using like or as
  • This helps the reader form a picture in their mind
    Imagery