Figurative Language
Rhymes/Sounds
Forms of Poetry
Tone/Theme/Mood
Miscellaneous
100
Compares two things using "like or as"
What is a simile?
100

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

What is alliteration?

100
A form of poetry without any kind of pattern
What is free verse?
100
A view about life that is not directly stated. A lesson an author wants us to learn from the poem.
What is the theme?
100
A group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)
What is stanza?
200
That book is older than dirt
What is hyperbole?
200

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?


I heard a bird sing

In the dark of December.

A magical thing

And sweet to remember.

What is ABAB?

200
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
200
The attitude of the author toward his subject.
What is tone?
200
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects or things.
What is personification?
300
Comparing two things without "like" or "as"
What is metaphor
300

What poetic device is used to create emphasis in this poem?  Hint:  It is NOT rhyme. 

 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, 

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;  

All the King's horses 

and all the King's men 

Couldn't put Humpty together again.

What is repetition?

300
A poem that is meant to be sung
What is lyrical poetry?
300
The atmosphere or feeling of the poem.
What is mood?
300

" The clouds presented a parade of animals" is an example of this poetic device.

What is personification?

400

She put her heart on her sleeve as she spoke to her crush.


What is an idiom?

DOUBLE JEOPARDY! What does this idiom mean?

400

Silence your cellphone so that it does not beep during the movie.

What is onomatopoeia?


400

A long, narrative poem that usually that is usually about heroic deeds and events Many ancient writers used this to tell tales of intense adventures and heroic feats.

What is epic poetry?
400

serious, humorous, amused, angry, playful, cheerful, sad, gloomy...

These are examples of what in a poem


What is tone?
400

As he stumbled through his argument his opponent teased, "What's wrong, cat got your tongue?"

What is an idiom?


500

Reference to something of significance (literary, political, historical, cultural)

What is allusion?

500

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright

In the forests of the night, 

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

This is an example of...

What is rhythm?
500

There once was a big blueberry

Who had a friends named Jerry

They wanted to go to France

But didn't get the chance

They were late and missed the ferry.


What is limerick  poem?

500

romantic, realistic, optimistic, pessimistic, gloomy, mournful, sorrowful...

These are examples of what poetic device?

What is mood?
500
Chocolate is my Achilles' heel


DOUBLE JEOPARDY- tell me what it means.

What is allusion?

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