What figurative language is used in this poem? The night is a big black cat. The moon is her topaz eye, The stars are the mice she hunts at night, In the field of the sultry sky.
metaphor
What is the poet comparing the cat's eyes to? He's a vicious tiger. His claws are like knives. His eyes are like security cameras looking for trouble.
security cameras
poetry written with rhyming words and a beat. (looking for 2 words)
rhyme/meter
This is a poem that contains rhyming words.
lyrical
What figurative language is used in this poem? His eyes were bright blue like the sky's nearly night. His nose was like a bulb with a red shaded light.
simile
What is the mood of this poem? I am a crab Who walks the shore And pinches toes all day. If I were you I'd wear some shoes And not get in my way. Serious, humorous, or sad
humorous
What type of poem is this an example of? Free verse or lyrical Cloudy, sleepy eyes wake, to the buzzing, alarming sound, Yawning, stretching, sluggish arms, Feet stumbling, scrambling to get ready.
free verse
This is when poetry has the no rhyme pattern and expresses the poet's opinion about a topic.
Free verse
What is: A type of writing used to convey ideas, experiences, and emotions in a vivid and imaginative way.
poetry
What type of poem is this an example of? free verse or lyrical My oak tree wears a birdhouse like a locket on a limb. He loves to hold the birds. They always sing to him.
lyrical
What figurative language is used in this poem? School is a station where little children go to become little engineers to guide the world.
metaphor
a group of lines that make up a poem is called:
stanza
What a poem is about?
topic
This is a poem that tells a story, it rhymes, and we hear the voices of the speaker/characters.
narrative
The poet expresses what is like a board game? Life is a board game. Rolling the dice when we take a chance on what to do. Should I be a doctor? A lawyer? A mailman?
life
This is the use of words to help the reader see, hear, taste, feel, or smell what is being talked about in the poem.
sensory language
What is the opposite of what is said called?
irony
What figurative language is used in this poem? At night my brother snores so loud it sounds just like a riot. Even when he sleeps my noisy brother isn't quiet.
simile
What type of figurative language is this: I have a tiny frog, his name is terrible Tim.
alliteration
What are the feeling expressed to the reader in a poem called?
mood/tone
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