Devices
Tone
Examples
Poems
Definitions
100
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
100
The sun smiled down on me as the warm breeze thawed my heart.
What is happy or joyful?
100
The sun shines bright in the sky,
With colors that are so high.
The birds sing sweetly, it's a great day,
Let's all go out and play!
What is a quatrain?
100
5 line poem that has a 1, 2, 3, 4, 1 word count
What is a cinquain?
100
The giving of human traits to non-human things incapable of having those traits.
What is personification?
200
Her skin was soft like an ocean breeze.
What is a simile?
200
Darkness filled the room and the candle flickered eerily.
What is scary?
200
What is a diamante?
200
Japanese poem, 5, 7, 5 syllables structure.
What is a haiku?
200
The repetition of beginning sound in at least 2 or more words.
What is alliteration?
300
Clouds are ships which sail the skies.
What is a metaphor?
300
I use to play piano by ear but now I use my hands!
What is funny or humorous?
300
An old silent pond…
A frog jumps into the pond,
Silence again.
What is haiku?
300
A poem with 4 stanza that can be written in different rhyming patterns, 1,1,2,2 or 1,2,1,2 are examples.
What is a quatrain?
300
The comparison of two different things using the words as or like.
What is a similie?
400
The golden sun shone on the crisp blue lake which sparkled and shimmered.
What is imagery?
400
Rain fell as I stared into the grey, dreary forest.
What is sad or depressing or dreadful?
400
Digging in the yard
Outstanding friend
Guarding the house
What is an acrostic?
400
7 lines long, uses nouns, adjectives and verbs, shaped like a diamond
What is a diamante?
400
Words and phrases that help the reader visualize, or imagine what is happening, in literature.
What is imagery?
500
The car roared around the curve.
What is personification?
500
The day was long and hard, but I was the victor!
What is prideful, encouraging or uplifting?
500
The wind blows strong
as we scurry along
What is a couplet?
500
The first word of every line forms a word
What is an acrostic?
500
The direct comparison of two different things
What is a metaphor?