Rhyme Time
Poetry Basics
Device Detective
Types of Poetry
100
Finish the rhyming scheme ABBA
Cat
Stair
Hair
_____
What is:
Mat, Sat, Pat, Lat, Spat...
100
Several lines of poetry grouped together, with white space above and below.
A stanza
100
BOOM!
BANG!
PLOP!
Name that device.
Onomatopoeia
100
Haiku format is:
Line 1= 5 ____________
Line 2= 7 ____________
Line 3- 5 _____________
Hint: one word for all 3 blanks
syllables
200
There once was a dog from Montreal.
He loved his yellow coloured ball.
He ate a small bone,
and hopped to his home
and now is happy when you call.
Montreal (A)
Ball (A)
Bone (B)
Home (B)
Call (A) so= AABBA
200
Poetry that does not rhyme and is written in an 'ordinary' format.
Prose
200
A metaphor is making a comparison.
Explain what this comparison means: That place is a zoo!
Things are choatic!
200
Name this poem type:
Haiku
300
The coolness of the night
refreshes my skin.
The stars shine so bright
making me grin.
ABAB
300
Each line in a poem is considered a sentence (true or false).
FALSE!
300
What device is used here:
The cold night air bit angrily at his nose as he walked the long way home.
personification
300
Concrete poem
400
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.
AABBCC
400
The Canadian hip hop artists who used Fresh Prince as inspiration for his video on saving money is virtually impossible!
SHAD
400
What is being personified?
The light danced on a the surface of the water.
the light dancing
400
What poem type starts with the format:
'there once was a ____ from _________' ?
Limerick
500
How many stanzas?
5
500
What device?
The sly snake slithered sneakily to her snug sun-filled spot.
alliteration
500
Shining
Ultraviolet rays
Not seen at night.
Acrostic poem