Poetry Analysis
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- Q1Both similes and metaphorsmake a story less vividare ways words can rhyme in a poemuse the words "like" and "as"compare things30sEditDelete
- Q2A metaphor is a figure of speech thatgives a nonhuman thing human traitsuses a word that sounds like what it meanscompares things without using the words "like" or "as"uses the words "like" or "as"30sEditDelete
- Q3Which is a simile?The thunder growled like a group of grizzly bears.The thunder was loud.The thunder growled.The thunder boomed and rumbled.30sEditDelete
- Q4Which is an example of a metaphor?The boy did not like what he'd doneThe boy was a tornado of emotion.The boy was upset at himself.The boy said he'd die of shame.30sEditDelete
- Q5Which contains a metaphor?Her eyes looked like mine.Her eyse shone through the darkness.Her eyes were as bright as diamonds.Her eyes were two full moons.30sEditDelete
- Q6Examples of graphical elements in a poem are...similes and metaphorsodes and haikuitalics, capital letters, spacing, thoughtful arrangement of words on the pagewords that repeat the same beginning sound30sEditDelete
- Q7Poets enhance the meaning and/or purpose of their poems by usingsensory language, figurative language, and graphical elementscreating random comparisonsparagraphs and bold printsimple word choice30sEditDelete
- Q8In poetry a "shift" indicatesa change in the character, tone, setting, or situationthe rhyme patternhow many stanzas a poem hasthe mood of a poem30sEditDelete
- Q9The poet's or speaker's tone reveals hismoodattitudesettingage30sEditDelete
- Q10The "theme" of a poem is theuniversal idea or message of the poemtone of the poemtopic addressed in the poemmood of the poem30sEditDelete
- Q11Her skin is paper thin. What is "paper thin" an example of?similealliterationpersonificationmetaphor30sEditDelete
- Q12The flowers danced in the breeze. This is an example ofalliterationpersonificationsimileonomatopoeia30sEditDelete
- Q13An object used to represent or suggest something else is called asimilesyllablesynonymsymbol30sEditDelete
- Q14Mood in a poem isthe use of metaphors to comparethe feeling the reader feels in response to a piece of writingthe attitude of the readerthe message about life30sEditDelete
- Q15Sensory language helps the reader experience thefive sensesscent of objectssoundstaste of something30sEditDelete
- Q16The speaker of a poem isthe poet-always the poetthe one from whose perspective the poem is told; the one you get to know the best30sEditDelete
- Q17What should you look for or consider during a TPCASTT analysis of a poem?title, point of view, conflict, alliteration, speaker, theme, and the authortitle, paraphrase, connotation, shift and speaker, title, and themetype, paraphrase, characters, action, setting, time, title30sEditDelete
- Q18A reader can conclude something bymaking an inferencedrawing a picturewriting the ending30sEditDelete
- Q19An author illustrates meaning throughusing figurative languageusing imageryall are correctusing sensory language30sEditDelete
- Q20Writers use this to reveal the tone of a speaker or character...line breaksrhymeword choicerhyme pattern30sEditDelete