Structure of Poetry
What do we call a group of lines in a poem?
A stanza
A poem where each line starts with a letter from a word, spelling out a theme/word.
An acrostic poem
What type of figurative language is this? "The trees danced in the wind."
Personification
What is the term for a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word?
Synonym
What is the plural of "child"?
Children
The main message or underlying idea of a poem.
The theme
A poem consisting of 5-7-5 syllables, usually about nature.
A haiku
She was as white as a ghost." What type of figurative language is this?
Simile
What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun, such as "happy" or "blue"
Adjective
What is the collective noun for a group of bees.
A ------- of bees.
swarm
What do you call the person who writes poetry?
A poet
What is free verse poetry?
A type of poetry with no set rhyme or rhythm.
"His heart is a stone." What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
What is the past tense of the word "catch"?
caught
Which is the correct spelling?
A) accommodation
B) acommodation
C) accommodasion
A) accommodation
What poetic device is used when words or lines are said over and over for effect
Repetition
Which type of rhyme scheme does this follow?
"The cat is fat / It sat on a mat / The sky is blue / I lost my shoe "
AABB
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. (Repeating "P" sound) What is this an example of?
Alliteration
What is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word
Antonym
"Which word comes first in alphabetical order: knowledge, knight, knee, knife?"
Knee
What is a two-line stanza, often with end rhyme, called?
Couplet
What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick?
AABBA
Identify the type of figurative language: "Bang! The fireworks lit up the sky."
Onomatopoeia
What part of speech replaces a noun, like "he," "she," or "they"?
Pronoun
What is the plural of mouse?
mice