Figurative Language
Spot the Term
Structural Features
Poetry Elements
Grab Bag
100
What is the figurative language being used?
"Love is a ripe plum"
What is a metaphor?
100
A comparison using like or as
What is a metaphor?
100
In poetry, a stanza is similar to _________ which is always found in regular written text such as essays, articles, and books.
What is a paragraph?
100
How many stanzas are in this poem?
What is 2?
100
What is the purpose of most poetry?
What is to entertain?
200
What is the figurative language being used?
"My love is like a red, red rose"
What is a simile?
200
An exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
200
What does a title tell us about a poem?
What is the main idea?
200
What form of poetry does not rhyme?
What is free verse?
200
What poetic device is being used?
"Blue waves whitened on a cliff"
"Soaring fire that sways and sings"
What is imagery?
300
What is the figurative language being used?
"The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky"
What is personification?
300
A pattern of rhymes in lines in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
300
Does all poetry have to rhyme?
What is no?
300
What is the rhyme scheme in this poem?
What is AABBCD?
300
"Splish-Splash, whoosh, bam, chirp" are all examples of....
What is onomatopoeia?
400
What type of figurative language is being used?
"I'll love you till the ocean is folded and hung up to dry"
What is hyberbole?
400
The person or voice telling a poem
Who is the speaker?
400
In poetry, what do poets call what looks like sentences that are different lengths?
What are lines?
400
Who is the speaker in this poem?
Who is the frog's owner?
400
Which of the 5 senses does the followng appeal to most?..."Tumbling through the ocean water after being overtaken by the monstrous wave, Mark unintentionally took a gulp of the briny, bitter mass, causing him to cough and gag."
What is taste?
500
What is the figurative language being used?
"Candy's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos."
What is alliteration?
500
When two lines rhyme with each other in a poem.
What is a rhyming couplet?
500
In poetry, AABC, ABBA, ABAC, etc. are all examples of --
What is a rhyme scheme?
500
What is the rhyme scheme in this poem?
What is a ABBACCADDAECE?
500
How many lines are in a rhyming couplet?
What is 2?