This is a comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
100
Repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
100
A comparison of two things using like or as.
What is simile?
100
In this strategy the reader uses the five senses to understand the details used by a poet. These are the "word pictures" created by the poet.
What is imagery?
100
The third word in the fourth line of the second stanza...
Banging on a garbage can,
Bam bam bam.
Mattie says it's time
For a poetry slam.
Everyody's talkin' poems!
Everybody's laughin' poems!
Sis is eatin' poems!
Amelia's wearin' poems on her feet!
The sky is filled with poems!
What is "poems"?
200
This type of poetry is highly musical verse that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings.
What is lyric poetry?
200
The end of our lines sounds the same
With sounds, this is a repetitive game
Although right now it might seem lame
What element of poetry am I trying to name?
Rhyme scheme
200
Read the example. Tell which type of figurative language it is.
A dream is a winged bird.
What is metaphor?
200
The rhyme scheme of this stanza...
Eagle gliding in the sky,
circling, circling way up high-
wind is whistling through your wings.
You're a graceful kite with no string."
What is AABB rhyme scheme?
200
This is a non-rhyming poem with no set structure.
What is free verse?
300
In this type of poetry the words are arranged in the shape that reflects the subject of the poem.
What is concrete poetry?
300
These are groups of lines in a poem similar to paragraphs in an essay or story.
What is a stanza?
300
Words in the English language used to imitate sounds.
ex. Bang! The book fell to the floor.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Wizened wizards whizz by wistfully
What is alliteration?
300
Read the example. Identify the type of figurative lang. used.
The wave reached out and grabbed the small boy as he sailed to shore.
What is personification?
400
This type of Japanese poetry usually focuses on elements of nature.
What is a haiku?
400
This is the writer's attitude he/she portrays in the poem.
What is tone?
400
Example: That chair is calling my name!
Giving non-human things human characteristics.
What is personification?
400
#1
Could you read a
Sustaining book, such as
Would help a Bear in Great Tightness?
#2
Could you
read a sustaining book
such as Would
Help
a Bear
in Great Tightness
The difference in the two poetry examples...
What is line breaks?
400
From somewhere high about the ground
There came a frightful crunching sound.
What is onomatopoeia or rhyme?
500
This type of poetry is a short, funny poem consisting of five lines.
What a limerick?
500
This is the main idea the poet is trying to get across to his/her reader.
What is theme?
500
"Her boat was light as a leaf on her back as she carried it to the shoreline..."
In this simile, the boat is compared to a__________
What is a leaf?
500
When identifying rhyme scheme the reader should identify the pattern by using these.
What are letters?
500
This is when a poet or author repeats the same words or phrases to add emphasis to the poem or story.