Sound Devices Figurative Language Poetry Forms Connotative Denotative Misc. 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500
Words such as “buzz”, “snap”, “sizzle” are called:
Onomatopoeia
What is alliteration?
repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together
Images that evoke any of the 5 senses are called…
Sensory imagery
Identify the alliteration: I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life / To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life / To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife
Identify the onomatopoeia: Sling your knuckles on the bottoms of the happy tin pans, let your trombones ooze, and go husha-husha-hush with the slippery sand-paper.
Sling your knuckles on the bottoms of the happy tin pans, let your trombones ooze, and go husha-husha-hush with the slippery sand-paper.
What literary device is used in the following lines of poetry What literary device is used in the following lines of poetry? What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / Like a raisin in the sun?
Simile
This term describes the literary device where one subject is being represented or replaced by another
Metaphor
Complete the analogy: Hot is to Cold as Fire is to
Ice!
“Catch a cold” “See eye to eye” “Under the weather” are examples of what?
Idioms
Name the literary device being used in the following line: I've got gold mines / Diggin' in my own backyard
Hyperbole
14-line lyric poetry
Sonnet
Poetry that tells a story
Narrative
Identify the repetition: Fat black bucks in a wine-barrel room / Barrel-house kings, with feet unstable, / Sagged and reeled and pounded on the table, / Pounded on the table, / Beat an empty barrel with the handle of a broom, / Hard as they were able / Boom, boom, BOOM
Boom, Boom, BOOM
How many stanzas appear below? I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there's a pair of us? Don't tell! they'd advertise – you know! How dreary – to be – Somebody! How public – like a Frog – To tell one's name – the livelong June – To an admiring Bog!
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Identify the rhyme scheme: Bid me to weep, and I will weep While I have eyes to see; And having none, and yet I will keep A heart to weep for thee.
ABAB
Define “connotative” meaning
The emotions or feelings associated with a word
Define “denotative” meaning
The literal definition of a word
“Covered with oil” is the ________ meaning of the word GREASY. a) denotative b) connotative
a) denotative
“An evil person” is the _______ meaning of the word SNAKE. a) denotative b) connotative
b) connotative
“Not respected” is the _____ meaning of the word TRASH. a) denotative b) connotative
b) connotative
Long, serious poems that tell the story of a heroic figure are called _____
Epics
What is TONE?
Author’s attitude about a subject
What is a summary? What does it consist of?
Putting the MAIN IDEA into your own words
Name a literary devices that exists in the following lines: The flame-red moon, the harvest moon, / Rolls along the hills, gently bouncing, / A vast balloon
Sensory Imagery, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Repetition
DAILY DOUBLE!! Paraphrase the following quote: “A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him.”
Points will be distributed at Ms. Gaffey’s discretion.