V4 - Periode 4 - 19-05-2025

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

WELCOME

TODAY

After this lesson you will

... have worked with poetic devices some more

... have read, studied and analysed a poem

... have worked on two assignments that involve lyrics/poetry

... know what to expect on the literature test

'The old car grumbled and protested as it started.' This sentence contains:

1. alliteration
2. assonance
3. personification
4. oxymoron

'The number of participants grows smaller every year.' This sentence contains:

1. assonance
2. oxymoron
3. alliteration
4. simile

'She acts like summer and she walks like rain' contains:

1. simile
2. metaphor
3. oxymoron
4. hyperbole

"You are the thunder and I am the lightning" has:

1. simile
2. assonance
3. personification
4. metaphor

“My love for you is deeper than the ocean” (Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare) contains:

1. oxymoron
2. alliteration
3. hyperbole
4. simile

'I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited' (someone like you) contains:

1. oxymoron
2. simile
3. personification
4. idiom

Which poetic device can be found here?: 'It's a bittersweet symphony'

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