Poetry Review!!!
Select a Category Figurative Language Mood Types of Poems TPCASTT/ Examples
Select a Category Figurative Language Mood Types of Poems TPCASTT/ Examples
Figurative Language For 100 points, what is a simile? ANSWER: A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using words such as “like” or “as.”
Figurative Language For 200 points, what is personification? ANSWER: Personification is a description giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. BONUS-100: Write an example of personification.
Figurative Language For 300 points, what is alliteration? ANSWER: Alliteration is the repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in a line. BONUS-100: Provide a sentence that has alliteration!
Figurative Language For 400 points, what is imagery? ANSWER: Imagery is a description that appeals to the sense and helps the reader create an image in his/her mind.
Figurative Language For 500 points, what is an allusion? ANSWER: An allusion is when you make a reference to something that has already been published or an event in history.
Mood For 100 points: What is Mood? ANSWER: Mood is the emotion of the poem.
Mood For 200 points: What is the mood of the following line from “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”: “When all at once I saw a crowd,/A host, of golden daffodils;/Beside the lake, beneath the trees,/Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” ANSWER: cheerful, calm, relaxed, awe, etc.
Mood For 300 points: What is the mood of the following line from the poem “The Raven”: “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,/Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before” ANSWER: Gloomy, dark, depressing, horrifying, terrified, etc.
Mood For 400 points: What is the mood of the following line from “Part of Your World”: “Up where they walk,/up where they run,/up where they stay all day in the sun/wandering free/wish I could be, part of that world.” ANSWER: cheerful, in awe, dreaming, etc.
Mood For 500 points: What is the mood of the following line from “Hope” by Emily Dickenson: “ ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers/that perches in the soul/and sings a tune without the words/and never stops at all.” ANSWER: hopeful
Examples 100 points: What does TPCASTT stand for? ANSWER: Title, Paraphrase, Connotations, Attitude/Tone, Shifts/Repetition, Title, Theme
Examples 200 points: What do you look for in Connotations? ANSWER: You look for figurative language and hidden meanings.
Examples 300 points: Identify the figurative device: “Autumn brushes her hair slowly/Letting the glorious colors/flow gently to the earth below.” ANSWER: This is an example of personification. BONUS 100- How do you know?
Examples 400 points: Identify the figurative device: “Love is a burning candle/It’s not always easy to handle/It burns, but it’s still beautiful.” -Love is ANSWER: This is a metaphor. BONUS 100—What two things are being compared?
Examples 500 points: Identify the figurative device. Explain how you know: “Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone/I’ll be waiting all there’s left to do is run.” -Taylor Swift ANSWER: This is an allusion to Romeo and Juliet.
Types of Poems 100-What is a free verse poem? Answer: A poem that has no rhyme or rhythm.
Types of Poems 200-What is a slam poem? Answer: A slam poem is a poem that is usually performed in a competition. It is also generally about either something personal, valuable, or a political/social issue.
Types of Poems 300-What is an elegy? Answer: An elegy is a mournful poem that discusses its subject’s death.
Types of Poems 400-What type of poem is the following: Between the idea and the reality Between the motion and the act Falls the Shadow. -T.S. Elliot, The Hollow Man Answer: It is free verse.
Types of Poems 500-What type of poem is the following: Keep me warm on this long cold night, I feel my road ends tonight. Somewhere in the distance I hear a bell toll, He comes now for my soul. ~Joseph Sergi