Poetry 4V

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Alliteration is:

1. The repetition of a consonant sound, particularly the initial consonants of two or more words.
2. The repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words.
3. An obvious exaggeration made for effect.
4. A series of brief shots that work together to convey a particular meaning.

Alliteration example:

Peter Piper picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers

A simile:

1. Makes a comparison by saying one thing is another.
2. Is an obvious exaggeration made for effect.
3. Makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" .
4. Is a speech by an actor spoken as if thinking aloud.

Example simile:

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun.

A metaphor:

1. Makes a comparison by saying one thing is another.
2. Is an obvious exaggeration made for effect.
3. Makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like", "as" or "than".
4. Is a speech by an actor spoken as if thinking aloud.

Look up, my people,
The dawn is breaking,
The world is waking,
To a new bright day,
When none defame us,
Nor colour shame us,
Nor sneer dismay.

The rhyme scheme for this poem is:

1. people; breaking, waking; day, dismay; us, us
2. ABBCDDC
3. ABCDEFG
4. AABBCCD AABBCCD AABBCCD AABBCCD AABBCCD

Where now the many white men hurry about like ants.

This is an example of:

1. Assonance
2. Alliteration
3. Simile Simile
4. Metaphor

We are the corroboree and the bora ground.

This is an example of:

1. Alliteration
2. Assonance
3. Simile
4. Metaphor

The ghostly galleons grab greedily

This is an example of:

1. Alliteration
2. Assonance
3. Simile
4. Metaphor

Fear knocked on the door.

is an example of:

1. Onomatopoeia
2. Symbolism
3. Personification
4. Hyperbole

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

This extract is an example of:

1. Symbolism
2. Paradox
3. Personification
4. Onomatopoeia

Examples of onomatopoeia include:

1. He ran like the wind.
2. The hose is a green snake on the lawn.
3. The bottle fizzed then popped.
4. Wild horses wouldn't drag me away.

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

What is this extract symbolising?

A paradox is a statement that, although it seems to contradict itself, actually conveys a truth. For example, "one must be cruel..."

Finish off this paradox.

We are the quiet daybreak paling the dark lagoon.

What is this is an example of and what effect does it have?

I have seen corroboree
Where that factory belches smoke,
Here where they have a memorial park
One time our lubras dug for yams;
Is this extract written in first, second or third person?

His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like mouldy hay,

What two poetic techniques are used in this sentence?

Do you know what Smile is? How to use it?