Instructions for Figurative Language in Poetry Review Game

1. Read the poems “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, “Valentine for Ernest Mann” by Naomi Shihab Nye, “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Robert W. Service, “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and “The Naming of Cats” by T.S. Eliot.

2. Look for examples of personification, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, and alliteration in each poem.

3. Give five examples of figurative language from each poem. Make sure that you use at least three different figures of language for each poem.

4. Put the line from the text where it says insert question and put the type of figure of speech where it says insert answer.

5. Make sure you put the line in quotes and put the line the text came from after the quote.

Figures of Speech Review

Figurative Language Review“Casey at the Bat”

“Valentine for Ernest Mann”

“The Cremation of Sam McGee”

“Paul Revere’s Ride”

“The Naming of Cats”

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Topic 1: 200• Question:• A sickly silence fell…” Line 4 • Answer• Alliteration

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Topic 1: 400• Question:• “Cooney died at first…” Line 3• Answer• Metaphor

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Topic 1: 600• Question:• “…there went up a muffled roar” Line 33• Answer• Onomatopoeia

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Topic 1: 800• Question:• “Five thousand tongues applauded” Line 26• Answer• Personification

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Topic 1: 1000• Question:• “And now the air is shattered by the force of

Casey’s blow” Line 48• Answer• Metaphor

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Topic 2: 200• Question:• “You can’t order a poem like you order a taco”

Line 1• Answer• Simile

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Topic 2: 400• Question:• “poems hide.”• Answer• Personification

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Topic 2: 600• Question:• “…In the bottoms of our shoes,/they are

sleeping.” Lines 9-10• Answer• Personification

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Topic 2: 800• Question:• “…They are the shadows/drifting across our

ceilings the moment/ before we wake up.” Lines 10-12

• Answer• Metaphor

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Topic 2: 1000• Question:• “…poems that had been hiding” Line 23• Answer• Personification

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Topic 3: 200• Question:• “The arctic trails have their secret tales” Line

637• Answer• Alliteration

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Topic 3: 400• Question:• “the land of gold seemed to/ hold him like a

spell” Lines 11-12• Answer• Simile

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Topic 3: 600• Question:• “…with a sort of moan”• Answer• Onomatopoeia

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Topic 3: 800• Question:• “…I didn’t like to hear him sizzle” Line 49• Answer• Onomatopoeia

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Topic 3: 1000• Question:• “hurried, horror driven,/With a corpse half

hid” Lines 29-30• Answer• Alliteration

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Topic 4: 200• Question:• “Across the moon like a prison bar” Line 21• Answer• Simile

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Topic 4: 400• Question:• “Wanders and watches with eager ears,” Line

25• Answer• Allieration

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Topic 4: 600• Question:• “A hurry of hoofs in a village street,” Line 73• Answer• Alliteration

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Topic 4: 800• Question:• “Wrapped in silence so deep and still” Line 44• Answer• Metaphor

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Topic 4: 1000• Question:• “On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats” Line

56• Answer• Simile/Alliteration

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Topic 5: 200• Question:• “I’m as mad as hatter” Line 3• Answer• Simile

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Topic 5: 400• Question:• “sounds sweeter,” Line 9• Answer• Alliteration

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Topic 5: 600• Question:• “It isn’t just one of your holiday games” Line 2• Answer• Metaphor

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Topic 5: 800• Question:• “Names that never” Line 20• Answer• Alliteration

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Topic 5: 1000• Question:• “But above and beyond…” line 21• Answer• Alliteration

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