Name that rhyme
What type of rhyme is used in the words cat/hat?
(Perfect Rhyme)
What is the term for the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line?
(Meter)
What’s a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter?
(Sonnet)
“He’s clearly confused.” What device is this?
(Oxymoron)
What is the denotation of the word “snake”?
(A legless reptile
What is it called when the rhyme happens in the middle of the line?
(Internal rhyme)
How many feet are in a line of iambic pentameter?
(Five)
What’s the name for a 3-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure?
(Haiku)
“He’s a real Romeo with the ladies.” What device is this?
(Allusion)
What is the connotation of the word “snake”?
(Untrustworthy or sneaky person)
What do you call rhyme that’s close but not exact, like worm/swarm?
(Slant rhyme or near rhyme)
Identify the meter: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
(Iambic pentameter)
What form has 5 lines and often ends with a punchline?
(Limerick)
“It’s raining cats and dogs!” What kind of expression is this?
(Idiom)
Which word has a more positive connotation: slim or skinny?
(Slim)
Identify the rhyme scheme: “The sun is high / Up in the sky / I do not lie / When I say hi.”
(A A A A)
What’s a trochee?
(A metrical foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one)
What is free verse?
(Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter)
Identify the figurative language: “The leaves danced in the wind.”
(Personification)
Identify the word with a negative connotation: frugal, cheap, thrifty.
(Cheap)
What is an eye rhyme? Give an example.
(Words that look like they should rhyme but don’t, e.g., love/move)
What do you call a line with six metrical feet?
(Hexameter)
What type of poem tells a story?
(Narrative poem)
Which device compares two unlike things without using like or as?
Metaphor
Rewrite this sentence with a more neutral connotation: “He’s nosy about everyone’s business.”
(He’s curious about other people’s lives.)