3rd Grading Period POETRY REVIEW

These terms and skills will be tested on the 3rd six weeks exam:

Figurative Language

Personification: When a non-human object is given human characteristics. Alliteration: The repeated consonant sound at the beginning of words. Hyperbole: An extreme exaggeration. Metaphor: The direct comparison of two unlike things (“like” or “as” is not used to make

these comparisons). Onomatopoeia: the use of words whose sounds echo their meanings, such as buzz and

gargle. Rhyme: Repetition of sounds at the end of words. Repetition: a technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis

or unity. Simile: A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.

Poetry Analysis

Know how to use the EP-TRANS-LBL poetry analysis strategy. See your notes page with the poem “Mooses” on the back.

Understand how to write summaries of poems, stanzas or lines of poetry.

Understand how to determine what a certain poem, stanza or line may mean.

Vocabulary and Dictionary Skills

Understand how to use context clues to define words.

Understand how to use a dictionary to assist you in determining the definition of words.