Question | Answer |
Personification | Nonhuman things give human attributes |
Personification | What is this an example of: "The sky is crying" |
Metaphor | Two thins are compared |
Metaphor | What is this an example of: "He was a lion in a battle" |
Simile | Two things are compared using the terms "like" or "as" |
Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration |
Hyperbole | What is this an example of: "A flood of tears" |
Hyperbole | What is this an example of: "Tons of money" |
Lyrical | Poem such as a sonnet or an ode |
Lyrical | May resemble a song in form or style |
Free Verse | Also known as "vers libre" |
Free Verse | Poetry composed of rhymed or unrhymed lines w/no set meter |
Narrative | Person telling a story |
Couplet | Pair of lines in a poem that are the same length, usually rhyme, & form a complete thought |
Elegy | Poem that laments death of a person |
Elegy | Poem that is simply sad and thoughtful |
Sonnet | Lyric poem that is 14 lines long |
Limerick | Light humorous poem of 5 lines |
Limerick | Rhyme scheme of AABBA |
Haiku | Japanese poem composed of 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables |
Haiku | Poem that often reflects some aspect of nature |
Dipthong | Complex speech sound; one vowel changes into another; EX: oil, boil |
Schema | Plan, outline, or diagram |
Syntactic | Putting words together (EX: Blackberry) |
Semantic | Different meanings of words arising from a word |
Idiom | One expression in a language that does not completely translate into the same phrase in a different language |
Alliteration | A group of words starting with the same letter (EX: Alice Ate Apples) |
Assonance | Repetition of sounds |
Systematic | Classification; orderly |
Graphophonic | Producing sound |
Newbery Award | Most distinguished award for writing in kid's books |
Caldecott Award | Most distinguished award for illustrations in kid's books |