Study Guide Poetry Test

Poetry Notes

ELACC7RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

Figurative Language / Meaning / Examples
Metaphor / Description of one thing as if it were another without using like or as / Fame is a bee.
Simile / A comparison of two different things using like or as / Love is like a red, red rose
Personification / Gives human qualities to something non-human. / Fame smiled at me.
Hyperbole / Exaggerated speech for emphasis. / He is so proud he could burst.
Idiom / Figurative expression that is part of popular speech / A chip on his shoulder (holding a grudge)
Pay the piper ( face the consequences of your actions)
Symbolism / The use of symbols to represent something beyond its literal meaning. / A forest might represent uncertainty in a story. A four leaf clover means luck, Uncle Sam is a symbol of the United States.
Allusion / A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, event or literary work. It means something beyond itself / Romeo-a romantic boy or man from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Scrooge- a stingy person from Dicken’s A Christmas Carol.
Sound Devices / Meaning / Examples
Rhythm / A pattern of beats; repetition of sounds or syllables, can follow a regular pattern or it can be loose and conversational. / DOU-ble, / DOU-ble / TOIL and / TROU-ble;
FI-re / BURN, and / CAL-dron / BUB-ble.
(Macbethby Shakespeare
Accent is on first syllable on each word sets up the rhythm.
Repetition / Repeating a sound, word, phrase, line or group of lines. / Down, down, down into the sea
Row, row, row your boat
End Rhyme / Rhyme that occurs at the end of different lines of poetry. / As I was walking down the street
Grumbling about my aching feet
Internal Rhyme / Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry / Falling leaves whirl twirl
Rhyme Scheme / A regular pattern of end rhymes. Each rhyming sound is given a different letter. / A stanza or group of lines might have a rhyme scheme of “abab”. This means that lines 1 and 3 rhyme and lines 2 and 4 rhyme
Alliteration / The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word within the same line. The spelling does not have to be the same. / Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Rhonda’s wrinkles rarely saw a hat.
Connor’s kittens cuddled.
Consonance / The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words within the same line. / Tick tock
Hot got
Running and ripping
Assonance / The repetition of vowel sounds within the same line. / Go low and slow below the ridge
Lazy days, daisies lay
Onomatopoeia / The use of words that sound like what they mean. / Buzz, pop, boom, swoosh, slurp, howl, hiss.

Study Guide – Poetry Test

Application of various figurative language and sound devices.

Imagery Application

Type of Poems –

Free Verse: does not use regular rhyme scheme;

Narrative- has a plot, characters, and a setting

Haiku - A Japanese form of poetry that consists of 17 syllables. Lines 1 and 3 have 5 syllables each and Line 2 has 7 syllables.

Lyric – Poetry that has musical qualities

Identifying the rhyme scheme of a poem

Tone – the attitude the author displays to the audience; this is showed by the author’s word choice