Building a Poem
Name that Device
Name that term
Create your own
Grab bag
100

A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in an essay.

Stanza

100

The snow is a white blanket

A metaphor

100

A direct comparison of two things without using like or as

A metaphor

100

Create a smilie

 comparing using words like or as

100

True or False 

Music is a form of poetry 

True

200

The "voice" behind the poem—not necessarily the author!

The Speaker

200

The teapot sang a merry tune on the stove.

Personification 

200

The repetition of consonant sounds within a given text (tongue twister)

Alliteration 

200

Give an example of onomatopoeia 

Words that imitate a sound

200

The lesson or message learned in a poem/song 

Theme

300

Words put together to form a line in a poem

A line

300

The bees were buzzing all around me while I was eating my ice cream

Onomatopoeia 

300

A phrase whose words contradict each other with opposite meaning 

Oxymoron 

300

Create a metaphor

Direct comparison without using like or as

300

The pattern of rhyme at the end of each line 

Rhyme scheme

400

When two words have the same end sound

Rhyme

400

I wandered lonely as a cloud.

Simile 

400

Words or phrases that appeal to the readers five senses

Imagery 

400

Create a hyperbole 

something that is exaggerated 

400

A poem with a long continues block of text, can be read like a book

Free verse 

500

When a sentence or thought carries over from one line to the next

Enjambment

500

The beautiful baby boy burped 

Alliteration 

500

something concrete that stands for something else, like an idea or emotion 

Symbolism 

500

Create a sentence that uses alliteration 

same consonant sounds

500

A sound, word or line that is repeated in a poem 

repetition 

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