How many syllables are in the following statement (by Pablo Neruda):
"Poetry is an act of peace."
What is EIGHT (8)?
100
What melody element is demonstrated in the following phrase: I'm a poet, and I didn't know it!
What is RHYME?
100
What imagery element is demonstrated in the following phrase: His eyes were as blue as the sea.
What is SIMILE?
100
How many lines are in the following poem?
What is FOUR(4)?
200
Fill in the missing words:
Rhythm is the pattern of _____________ and _____________ syllables in the lines of a poem.
What is STRESSED and UNSTRESSED?
200
What melody element is demonstrated in the following phrase: “I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn’t really happy.”
What is REPETITION?
200
What imagery element is demonstrated in the following situation: After a teacher breaks up a punching fight in the hall, one of the students involved says:
"It was just a minor disagreement."
What is UNDERSTATEMENT?
200
How many stanzas are found in the following poem by Dylan Wong?
What is FOUR(4)?
300
Count the syllables in the following phrase:
Poetry is beauty put into words.
What is TEN (10)?
300
What melody element is demonstrated in the following phrase: Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.
What is ALLITERATION?
300
What imagery element is demonstrated in the following phrase: I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant!
What is HYPERBOLE?
300
A group of lines that act as a unit within a poem is called what?
What is A STANZA?
400
What is the rhythm in the following statement by David Carradine (count the syllables)?
"If you cannot be the poet, be the poem."
What is ELEVEN (11)?
400
What melody element is demonstrated in the following phrase: The cash register popped open with a heart-warming cha-ching.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
400
What imagery element is demonstrated in the following phrase: My legs were jello after the cross country meet.
What is METAPHOR/HYPERBOLE?
400
What is the rhyme scheme of a typical limerick (example coming)?
What is A, A, B, B, A?
500
What is the normal rhythm of a haiku (the syllable count in each line)?
Example by Masaoka Shiki:
"Into those short trees
We saw a hawk descending
On a day in spring."
What is FIVE (5), SEVEN (7), FIVE (5)?
500
What melody element is created when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound.
Ex: The men sell the bells.
What is ASSONANCE?
500
What imagery element is demonstrated in the following phrase: The sun smiled down brightly at the happy beach-goers.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
500
Find the rhyme scheme of the poem Opposites (poem coming).