Introduction to Poetry: What makes a poem, a poem?

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a figurative technique?

'A host of golden daffodils [...] Fluttering and dancing in the breeze'.

‘How they clang, and clash and roar!’

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

‘How they clang, and clash and roar!’.

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

Which of the following is an example of personification?

Poems use figurative language to create powerful pictures in the reader’s mind.

Which of these statements about poetry is false?

Poems let us explore the minds of some amazing people.

Poems must follow the normal rules of grammar.

Poems usually explore big ideas and emotions.

Poets use words carefully to create meaning.

Language that belongs to another culture.

Language that includes facts and statistics.

Language that is used to create powerful pictures in our minds.

Language that we use all the time in our everyday speech.

What is the definition of figurative language?

A figure of speech giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals.

A figure of speech where one thing is compared to another using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

A figure of speech where something is described as being something else or as something that it can’t be.

Words that sound like the noise they describe.

Which of these is the definition of metaphor?

Which of these is the definition of simile?

Which of these is the definition of personification?

Which of these is the definition of onomatopoeia?

Letters, speeches and newspaper articles.

Sonnets, lyrics, ballads, haikus and odes.

Which of these are forms (types) of poetry?