Types of Poems
Figures of Speech
Elements of a Poem
Rhymes
mood
100
A 14 line poem.
A sonnet.
100
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Simile
100
A pair of lines in a poem.
A couplet.
100
Find the rhyme:
Back to school
for one and all,
when the summer
turns to _______
fall
100
What is the mood of the poem?
The tires on my bike are flat.
The sky is grouchy gray.
At least it sure feels like that
Since Hanna moved away.
“Since Hanna Moved Away” by Judith Viorst
Mood: sad, missing a friend.
200
A usually humorous five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme.
A limerick.
200
Repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words.
Alliteration
A slow snake slithered soundlessly south to Sutherlands.
200
A paragraph in a poem.
Stanza
200
Find the rhyme:
My dog ate my homework
just like it was kibble.
He started off slow
with just one ______
nibble
200
What is the mood of the poem?
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!
"The Crocodile" by Lewis Carroll
The crocodile is deceptive-it seems to smile, but it's really eating!
300
A poem that tells a story.
Narrative
300
What is a 4-line poem?
A quatrain.
300
A word that sounds like its meaning. Often used for animal sounds.
Onomatopoeia
300
Find the rhyme:
Friends at school can play and share
Friends at school are kind and ____
Friends at school will talk to you
When you're feeling sad and ____
fair and blue
300
What is the mood of the poem?
Ring out, ye bells!
All Nature swells
With gladness at the wondrous story,—
The world was lorn,
But Christ is born
To change our sadness into glory.
"Christmas Carol" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Happiness for Christmas!
400
Usually the topic of a Valentine's Day poem.
Love
400
Giving non-human objects human qualities.
Personification.
The sun smiled kindly down upon the earth.
400
End sound of two words that is similar.
Rhyme
400
Find the rhyme:
Look, there's a cat
Is is chasing a _____?
Maybe looking for a hat?
No. It wants to chat.
Hello there, Mr. kitty ____
rat and cat
400
What is the mood of the poem?
In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen,
snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.
"A Christmas Carol" by
Christina Rossetti
Cold, snowy, bare earth.
500
A Japanese three line poem that usually describes nature.
Haiku
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500
A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
Metaphor
500
The pattern that is created by the end sounds in poetry.
Rhyme Scheme
AABBA
ABAB
500
Find the rhyme:
Dogs are my friends,
I love them so
They come to me when I call
and they love to play ___
ball
500
What is the mood of the story?
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
Hope, never give up.