Types of poems
Figurative Language
Author's Purpose
Poetry Examples
Sentences Structure
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What type of poem tells a story? Longer and tells a story, with a beginning, middle, and end Example: “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes
What is a narrative poem.
100
What is the term for repetition of beginning consonant sounds? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
What is alliteration.
100
Florida is a state in the southern United States. The capital is Tallahassee, and the state bird is the mockingbird. There are many beaches in Florida.
What is inform
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What would be an example of alliteration in the following: Through broken walls and gray The winds blow bleak and shrill; They are all gone away.
What are are blow/bleak OR are/all.
100
What is the dependent clause in the sentence? While we are learning to jump rope, they are learning to juggle.
What is While we are learning to jump rope.
200
What type of poem has words that sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds. A word always rhymes with itself?
What is a rhyme poem.
200
What is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as? Friends are like chocolate cake, you can never have too many.?Chocolate cake is like heaven -?always amazing you with each taste or feeling.?
What is simile.
200
Come and get your very own Speedy Scooter! It will make you super fast and let you have tons of fun! You should definitely buy a brand new Speedy Scooter today!
What is Persuade
200
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem: Through broken walls and gray The winds blow bleak and shrill; They are all gone away.
What is ABA
200
Both an independent clause and a dependent clause contain two things. What are they?
What is a subject and a predicate.
300
What type of poem Does NOT have any repeating patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables Does NOT have rhyme Very conversational - sounds like someone talking with you
What is a free verse poem.
300
What is A nonliving thing given human of life-like qualities? Hey diddle, Diddle,?The cat and the fiddle,?The cow jumped over the moon;?The little dog laughed ?To see such sport,?And the dish ran away with the spoon
What is personification
300
Knock Knock! Who's there? Cargo. Cargo who? Cargo beep beep!
What is Entertain
300
What is the simile in this poem “Lost” and what is being compared? Desolate and lone All night long on the lake Where fog trails and mist creeps, The whistle of a boat Calls and cries unendingly, Like some lost child In tears and trouble Hunting the harbor’s breast And the harbor’s eyes.
What is “the whistle of a boat/calls and cries unendingly,/like some lost child”. 2. What is being compared are the whistle and a lost child.
300
What are FANBOYS?
What is F- FOR A- AND N- NOR B- BUT O- OR Y – YET S - SO
400
What type of poem has fives lines with rhymes in line 1, 2, and 5, and then another rhyme in lines 3 and 4
What is a Limerick
400
What is hyperbole. Here once the embattled farmers stood?And fired the shot heard round the world
What is an intentional exaggeration or overstatement, often used for emphasis?
400
Freddy went to Six Flags on Saturday and rode all kinds of roller coasters. There were spinning roller coasters, upside down, and crazy coasters! He had so much fun!
What is Entertain
400
What is the tone of “Lost”? Desolate and lone All night long on the lake Where fog trails and mist creeps, The whistle of a boat Calls and cries unendingly, Like some lost child In tears and trouble Hunting the harbor’s breast And the harbor’s eyes.
What is scared or afraid.
400
True or False? This is a compound sentence: Soccer is played everywhere; I played soccer in England.
What is true
500
What type of poem is short (only a few lines, 1-2 stanzas) Usually written in first person point of view Expresses an emotion or an idea, or describes a scene ?
What is a lyric poem
500
What combines two words that have opposite meanings? Ex. Bitter + Sweet= Bittersweet Freezer + Burn = Freezer Burn
What is oxymoron.
500
Dear Governor Perry, I think you should send more money to my school to help us buy some new computers for our classroom. We would be able to learn more and have fun. Sincerely, Mrs. Pedrotti's Class
What is Persuade
500
What images are being presented and what senses are being appealed to? Desolate and lone All night long on the lake Where fog trails and mist creeps, The whistle of a boat Calls and cries unendingly, Like some lost child In tears and trouble Hunting the harbor’s breast And the harbor’s eyes.
What is Sight: fog trails and mist creeps Sound: whistle of the boat Smell: fog and mist Touch: fog, mist, tears Taste: tears
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What is the independent clause in this sentence? The game will be delayed unless it stops raining.
What is The game will be delayed.
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