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Poetic Devices

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  • What is repetition in poetry?
    A word or phrase that is repeated in the poem.
  • What is a metaphor?
    a figure of speech where you describe something by saying it is something else, even though it's not literally the same
  • What is a sonnet?
    A poem with 14 lines of iambic pentameter and a set rhyme scheme.
  • What is the definition of tone?
    How the author has written their feelings or attitude toward the subject matter.
  • What is an adverb?
    A word that describes a verb
  • True or False: The rhyme scheme for Limericks is AABBA?
    TRUE
  • What is a ballad?
    a poem or song that tells a story, often with a focus on a dramatic or emotional event
  • What is rhyme?
    a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words that make the beat in a poem.
  • Identify the HYPERBOLE in "Mort Aux Chats" (Death to Cats)?
    "cats eat seven times their own weight in food each week"
  • What FIVE things do you write about in a colour/emotion poem?
    sight, sound, touch, taste, smell
  • What is enjambment?
    the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next without punctuation
  • What is an adjective?
    Words that describe a noun
  • What is a free verse poem?
    poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular rhythm.
  • What is a simile?
    the comparison of one thing with another, used to make a description more vivid, using the words "like" or "as".
  • What are truncated sentences?
    a shortened sentence with missing words, often for a casual or concise effect
  • True or False: The rhyme scheme for Limericks is ABABA?
    FALSE
  • What is an epic poem?
    a long narrative poem, usually centered around the deeds of a hero.
  • What is the rhetorical question in "The Flustards"?
    "But waiting for what...?
  • What is an acrostic poem?
    a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, name, or phrase.
  • What is a rhetorical question?
    A question asked to make a point rather than to get an answer.
  • What is a verb?
    a word used to describe an action; a "doing" word
  • How many syllables are in LINE 2 of a HAIKU?
    7 syllables
  • What is a haiku?
    a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5, with images of the nature throughout.
  • What is a limerick?
    a five-line poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA. The 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines rhyme, and the 3rd and 4th lines rhyme.
  • What is the definition of ellipses?
    3 dots that show an absence of words for certain effect.
  • What is hyperbole?
    Over exaggerating in a poem for effect.
  • What are syllables?
    the smallest unit of spoken language that can be uttered in a single, uninterrupted sound.
  • Identify the REPETITION in "The Flustards" by Dr Seuss?
    "And" "NEVER" are repeated
  • What is a rhyme scheme?
    a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words at the end of the line in poems.
  • What is a noun?
    A person, place or thing.