Forms of Poetry
Characteristics of Poetry
Tone/Mood
Famous Poets
Poetry Reading Strategies
100
Haikus are derived from this country.
What is Japan?
100
This is the rhyme scheme of the following poem: There was once a dog That turned into a frog He threw his hands in the air Like he just didn't care And then was eaten by a hog
What is A-A-B-B-A?
100
Conveys an emotion that is depicted by the author.
What is tone?
100
This poet wrote the poem "Dreams."
Who is Langston Hughes?
100
This strategy occurs when the reader pays attention to the form.
What is preview?
200
The form of poetry consists of 5 humor signs with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme.
What is Limerick?
200
This term is defined by a group of line in a poem separated by spaces.
What is a stanza?
200
Describes the general atmosphere and the overall feeling the reader gets.
What is mood?
200
This poet wrote the poem "Sick."
Who is Shel Silverstien?
200
This is the recommended number of times a poem should be read aloud to get a good understanding.
What is several?
300
Concrete poems allow the poet to use the words to form _________ .
What are pictures?
300
This is the number of required lines in a stanza.
What is as many as needed?
300
These words are identified as neutral tones.
Answers may vary.
300
This poet wrote the poem "Phenomenal Woman."
Who is Maya Angelou?
300
This strategy determines the poem's relationship to life.
What is evaluating the poem's theme.
400
This form of poetry is defined as "a song like poem that tells a story."
What is a ballad?
400
This is the definition of line?
What is a phrase of words in a poem?
400
This is the mood of the song "Fireworks" by Katy Perry.
Answers may vary.
400
This poet wrote the poem "The Tell Tale Heart."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
400
This is the strategy where the reader pays attention to the strong verbs and comparisons.
What is visualize the images?
500
The poem "The Tell Tale Heart" is written in this form.
What is a narrative?
500
This is the definition of rhyme scheme.
What is the way each line of a poem ends and rhymes with other lines?
500
This is used to support claims of tones and moods.
What is evidence?
500
This is the poet of the poem "I'm Nobody! Who Are You?"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
500
This strategy should be done when there are words or phrases that the reader does not understand.
What is clarify words and phrases?
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