Poetic Device
Parts of a Poem
Vocab
Rhyme Time
Mixed Bag
100
What is Imagery?
Imagery is using your 5 senses to create picture's in the reader's mind.
100
What is a line? How is it different from a sentence?
A line is one "line" of a poem, it does not need to be a full sentence! It may or may not have a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end
100
What is alliteration?
The same sound/letter repeated
100
Which word rhymes with "cat":
flat
nine
phone
flat
100
What is a poem?
A poem is a piece of creative writing with lines and stanzas
200
What is a simile?
A simile is a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
200
What is a stanza?
A stanza is like a "paragraph" in a poem, but it may be long or short. It is separated by space. It is NOT usually indented like a paragraph
200
What is rhythm?
The beat of the poem that you can tap with your feet; how the poem feels
200
The fat cat ____ on the mat.
Sat
200
What is a poet?
A poet is a person who writes a poem
300
Which of these statements is a simile?
1) She is as tall as a tree.
2) She is a busy bee.
3) She loved to go to school.
1) She is as tall as a tree.
300
How many lines does this poem have?
12
300
What is a rhyme?
Rhyme are words that end in the same sound/sounds.
300
Tell me 2 rhymes for "school"
rule, drool, mule, cool, tool, pool...
300
What is Langston Hughes' message in "Harlem" (What happens to a dream deferred?)
Answers include: racism is a disease, when your dream cannot come true/is put to the side, bad things can happen, when you cannot access your dream it may make you angry or sad
400
Give me an example of a simile!
Any comparison using the words "like" or "as"
___ is like...
___ is as ___ as a ___.
400
How many stanzas does this poem have?
3
400
What is repetition?
When something repeats, or is said/written over and over
400
The car won't go, so it needs a ____
tow
400
What is the Tone of "Why we Play Basketball"
Angry
500
What is metaphor?
A comparison that does NOT use like or as
500
Does a poem have paragraphs?
No, it has stanzas!
500
What does aggravated mean?
Angry
500
The boy's shoe was torn when he stepped on a _____
thorn
500
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
A period where black people living in NYC (harlem) and beyond created art, music, and poetry to express themselves and liberate their communities