Poetry 1
My heart is shattered into a million pieces in an example of which technique?
Metaphor.
The use of words, like "buzz" and "whirr" that imitate the sounds that they name.
onomatopoeia
It was raining cats and dogs. Is an example of which technique?
Idiom.
My mom was as busy as a bee. Is an example of which technique?
Simile.
On a starry winter night in Portugal Where the ocean kissed the southern shore There a dream I never thought would come to pass Came and went like time spent through an hour glass.
Is an example of which technique?
Imagery.
Without my glasses, I am as blind as a bat. Is an example of which technique?
Simile.
A poem written in 5 lines. The first 2 lines rhyme with the last line, and the 3rd and 4th lines rhyme.
Limerick
SPLASH! The rock hit the water's surface. Is an example of which technique?
Onomatopoeia.
I love to write
Day and night
What would my heart do
But cry, sigh and be blue
If I could not write
What is the rhyme scheme?
aabbc.
During my parent's divorce, I felt a roller coaster of emotions.
Metaphor
A summer river
being crossed how pleasing
with sandals in my hands!
Is an example of which poetry type?
Haiku.
Stealing my park really rubbed me the wrong way. Is an example of which technique?
Idiom.
The trees danced in the breeze. Is an example of which technique?
Personification
The lipsticks are a girls swords waiting to be brandished. Is an example of which technique?
Metaphor.
What type of poem?
An old silent pond…
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
Haiku
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" or "And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain"
Are examples of which mood?
Somber, sullen or sad.
“There was an Old Man with a beard Who said, 'It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!’” Is an example of which poem type?
Limerick.
A Japanese poem or form of poetry without rhyme having three lines with the first and last lines having five syllables and the middle having seven
Haiku
Type of poem:
The rushing ocean waves
beat harshly on the sand.
They roar and crash and foam
as they break upon the land.
Quatrain
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary. Is an example of which technique?
Rhyme.
Time flies by when I am having fun. Is an example of which technique?
Idiom
Writing feels good
And I know it should
Who could have knew
That what I do
Is write, write, write
Identify the rhyme scheme.
What is aabbc.
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
Personification.
"Be thou the first true merit to befriend;/His praise is lost, who stays till all commend."
Is what stanza type?
Couplet.
Rhyme Scheme of the following poem:
The rushing ocean waves
beat harshly on the sand.
They roar and crash and foam
as they break upon the land.
ABCB