Sunday, January 23, 2011

Poetry Quiz on Friday:
You will need to know the following terms and be able to recognize or give an example of each:

  • metaphor
  • simile
  • personification
  • alliteration
  • repetition
  • hyperbole
  • onomatopoeia
  • idiom
  • ·                     difference between figurative and literal language
  • ·                     lyric poetry
    ·                     narrative poetry
Practice the ones you aren't sure about by trying these:
 personification:  http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/personificationpractice.html
simile:  http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/similepractice.html
metaphor: http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/metaphorpractice.html
onomatopoeia:  http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/Onomatopoeia.html
multiples:  http://www.quia.com/rr/397508.html

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