Poetry Elements A
Poetry Elements B
Elements Examples A
Elements Example B
Name That Poem
100
A word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound it makes.
What is Onomatopoeia?
100
The repetition of identical or similar sounds that appear near each other at the end of words.
What is Rhyme?
100
The Dish ran away with the Spoon.
What is Personification?
100
Doubting, dreaming dreams, no mortal dared dream before.
What is Alliteration?
100
Some say the world will end in fire
What is "Fire and Ice"?
200
Comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is Simile?
200
The repetition of consonant sounds most often at the beginnings or words.
What is Alliteration?
200
Crash! Boom! Buzz!
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
Flat, hat, cat, bat.
What is Rhyme?
200
"Listen my children and you shall hear"
What is "Paul Revere's Ride"?
300
The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry.
What is Assonance?
300
The stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is Rhythm?
300
Shadows/withdraw/and lie awake/ like smoke.
What is Simile?
300
He is the apple of my eye.
What is a Metaphor?
300
"A shade of sadness a blush of shame"
What is "Barbara Frietchie"?
400
A figure of speech which uses the five senses to help describe things in a work.
What is Imagery?
400
Comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other.
What is Metaphor?
400
aa/bb/cc/dd
What is Rhyme Scheme?
400
The entire poem follows the pattern of stressed/unstressed/ stressed/unstressed.
What is Meter?
400
"The ship has weathered every rack/ The prize we sought is won"
What is "O Captain! My Captain"?
500
Pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is Meter?
500
Occurs at the end of lines.
What is End Rhyme?
500
Reared in steam heated flats.
What is Assonance?
500
The day is done. The day was fun. He went poo. Poo is number two.
What is End Rhyme?
500
"And saved some part/ of a day I had rued"
What is "Dust of Snow?"
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