Poetry Elements Review

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The author uses _________________ to compare him/herself to various things: I am a giant I am an eagle, oh I am a lion Down in the jungle I am a marching band I am the people, oh I am a helping hand I am a hero

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metaphors

Front

The line "Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof" uses a simile to create a mood of -

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optimism

Front

Which line uses hyperboles to express the author's feelings? 'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs From ten thousand lightning bugs As they tried to teach me how to dance A foxtrot above my head

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Cause I'd get a thousand hugs

Front

Lines 1-4 is an example of - alliteration, line break, repetition, stanza

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repetition

Front

Which words or phrases create imagery? You're broken down and tired Of living life on a merry go round And you can't find the fighter But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out And move mountains We gonna walk it out And move mountains

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Of living life on a merry go round

Front

The underlined phrase is an example of a - alliteration, line break, metaphor, personification

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metaphor

Front

What extended metaphor is the writer using? Options: comparing love to sound, comparing frowns to sound, comparing sadness to sound, comparing love to water

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comparing love to water

Front

Which lines use personification?
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
You’re paralyzed
‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike.

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lines 1 and 2

Front

Which rhyme scheme is being used?
And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, (Oh lord) Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, (Oh lord) I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life oh Lord, (Oh Lord) Options: AABB, ABAB, ABCC, AAAB

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ABAB

Front

How does the writer use line breaks? This here is all about My wife, my kids the life that I live (uh-huh) Through the night, I was his (uh-huh), it was right, but I did My ups and downs (uh), my slips, my falls (uh) My trials and tribulations (uh), my heart, the walls (uh)

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the writer uses an onomatopoeia between lines