Rhyme Time
Poetic Forms Galore
Simile, Metaphor, and Figurative Language. OH MY!
Which is which?
Imagery: Just Imagine
100
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem by Robert Louis Stevenson? "The well was dry beside the door, And so we went with pail and can Across the fields behind the house To seek the brook if still it ran. Not loth to have excuse to go, Because the autumn eve was fair (Though chill), because the fields were ours, And by the brook our woods were there."
What is ABCB?
100
What are the three characteristics of Ballads?
What is rhyme, repetition, and story-telling?
100
What element of Figurative Language is shown in the following poem by Dr. Seuss? "I do not like Green Eggs and Ham. I do not like them Sam I am. I do not like them in a boat. I do not like them with a goat. I do not like them in a house. I do not like them with a mouse."
What is REPETITION?
100
What type of poem is this? The tree shape I blew From a little drop of paint Looks like a dancer
What is a HAIKU?
100
What kind of imagery is displayed in the following excerpt? "The crimson liquid spilled from the neck of the white dove, staining and matting its pure, white feathers."
What is SIGHT IMAGERY?
200
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? "Than Shakespeare I'm greater by far. I am always produced by a star. My plots he can find 'em For I am behind 'em. It's 'in front' they don't know what they are!"
What is AABBA?
200
What are two characteristics of Prose Poetry?
What is having no stanzas and no rhyme?
200
What kind of figurative language is exemplified in this poetic excerpt? "Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all."
What is PERSONIFICATION?
200
What kind of poem is this? My daddy left home when I was three And he didn't leave much to ma and me Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze. Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid But the meanest thing that he ever did Was before he left, he went and named me "Sue."
What is a BALLAD?
200
What kind of Imagery is portrayed in this passage? "At the next table a woman stuck her nose in a novel; a college kid pecked at a laptop. Overlaying all this, a soundtrack: choo-k-choo-k-choo-k-choo-k-choo-k--the metronomic rhythm of an Amtrak train rolling down the line to California, a sound that called to mind an old camera reel moving frames of images along a linear track, telling a story."
What is SOUND/AUDITORY IMAGERY?
300
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? "Let me stay here, I don't want to go. I just want to sleep. Just please go away."
What is ABCD?
300
What are three characteristics of Haiku?
What is 5/7/5 syllable lines, nature, descriptive images (imagery)?
300
Which figurative language element is exemplified here? "My heart is like a balloon filled with air..."
What is SIMILE?
300
What type of poem is this? There was a man who found two leaves and came indoors holding them out saying to his parents that he was a tree. To which they said then go into the yard and do not grow in the living-room as your roots may ruin the carpet. He said, "I was fooling. I am not a tree," and he dropped his leaves. But his parents said, "Look! It is fall!"
What is a PROSE POEM?
300
What kind of Imagery is portrayed in this quote? "Gio's socks, still soaked with sweat from Tuesday's P.E. class, filled the classroom with an aroma akin to that of salty, week-old, rotting fish"
What is SMELL/OLFACTORY IMAGERY?
400
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? "Bid me to weep, and I will weep, While I have eyes to see; And having none, yet I will keep A heart to weep for thee."
What is ABAB?
400
What is the one major characteristic of an elegy?
What is the loss of something/someone?
400
Which figurative language element is shown below? "Pow! Went the glass. Bam! Goes the ball. Tommy hit a grand slam, But it hit my mother's wall."
What is Onomatopoeia?
400
What type of poem is this? "In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields."
What is AN ELEGY?
400
What sort of Imagery is being portrayed at the end of this quote? "Tumbling through the ocean water after being overtaken by the monstrous wave, Mark unintentionally took a gulp of the briny, bitter mass, causing him to cough and gag."
What is TASTE/TACTILE IMAGERY?
500
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? "I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
What is ABABCC?
500
What is the only poetic form that NEVER has rhyme?
What is Prose Poetry?
500
What figurative language element is shown here? "Daisy is the light of my world."
What is METAPHOR?
500
What form is the following poem? "The devil went down to Georgia, He was lookin' for a soul to steal He was in a bind, he was way behind He was willing to make a deal. When he came across a young man Sawin' a fiddle and playin' it hot And the Devil jumped on a hickory stump And said, 'Boy, let me tell you what.' "
What is A BALLAD?
500
What sort of Imagery is being described here? "The clay oozed between Jeremy's fingers as he let out a squeal of pure glee."
What is TOUCH/KINESTHETIC IMAGERY?
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