Poetic Figures
Rhyme and Reason
Poetic Terms
On the Fly
Types of Poetry
100
High as a Kite, The apple of my eye, Head over Heels
What are Cliches
100
Boys bounce basketballs.
What is Alliteration
100
Giving a human quality to a nonhuman entity/inanimate object.
Personification
100
Describe something in the room using a simile
(Teacher will determine whether answer is correct)
100
Typically tells a story, is set to music
Ballad Poem
200
All the World's a Stage, And All The Men And Women Merely Players They have their exits and entrances
What is a metaphor
200
The sun rises over the hill its light cuts through the thick clouds burning the foliage Is this a correct haiku?
nope, too many syllables
200
Follows a 5--7-5 structure.
What is a Haiku
200
Describe something in the room using a metaphor
(Teacher will determine if answer is correct)
200
A 14 line poem with a set rhyme scheme
What is a sonnet
300
meeeeeeeeeow, BOOOOM, CRACK, SNAP
What is Onomatopeia
300
The dog snarls ferociously (Does this sentence use consonance, assonance, or alliteration? Explain
What is consonance/ the r sound is repeated in "snarls" and "ferociously"
300
Three examples of onomatopoeia
boom, crack, meow
300
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza? I like apples, they are good I also like Boyz in the Hood Its hard to think of lines for this game Sorry for this stanza being lame.
AA BB rhyme structure
300
Not set boundaries for this type of poem, still typically uses poetic figures/structure
Free Verse Poem
400
Imagery appeals to the __________. These senses are
Senses/ Smell, touch, taste, sight, sound
400
The repetition of inner vowel sounds
What is Assonance
400
is the simple repeating of a word, within a sentence or a poetical line, with no particular placement of the words, in order to provide emphasis.
Repetition
400
Provide three lines of poetry, in which you use imagery to appeal to at least three of the senses.
Teacher will verify if correct
400
Typically known as the father of free verse
Walt Whitman
500
He bought a broom and fetched a fishtick He bought a cotton pillow And stole a wool blanket. Two types of poetic devices are featured prominently, what are they?
What
500
The repetition of inner consonant sounds
What is Consonance
500
As a group, write a stanza of a poem using assonance, consonance, and alliteration
(Teacher will verify is answer is correct)
500
Bluebird, a poem by Charles Bukowski (that guy we all thought sounded creepy) is a _______ poem, which uses the ________ as a metaphor for his ____________
free verse, bluebird, emotion
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