Poetry Jeopardy

Give it a try!

100

Fill in the blanks:

Sound describes ________ of a poem.

the flow

Sound describes the flow of a poem.

200

Three Part Question:

A) Is the following a simile or a metaphor?
B) How do you know?
C) What are the two things being compared?


. . . three armchairs and an elderly rocker stood about
aimlessly, like strangers at a party, ignoring each other.

A) Simile
B) The word "LIKE"
C) Three armchairs and a rocker are being
compared to strangers at a party, ignoring each other

I can infer that means the furniture doesn't
match at all and they are placed all over the room

300

If I was writing a poem and I used all these words in my
poem, what do you think the poem's theme is?

Quiet babbling brook
Birds in trees
A warm sunny day
Recycling

Nature / Enviornment

400

Tell me two things about this poem:

A circus performer named Brian
once smiled as he rode on a lion.
They came back from the ride,
but with Brian inside,
and the smile on the face of the lion.

- all the lines rhyme with Brian or ride
- there is a natural metre that makes you sing the song
- there are 5 lines but only two words that each one can rhyme with
- It's funny. Brian was smiling on the lion, and then he was eaten by the smiling lion

You can do it!

100

Fill in the blanks:

Structure describes what the poem ______ __________

looks like.

Structure describes what the poem looks like.

200

A ______________makes a comparison between
two unlike things, using like or as.

A Simile

A simile makes a comparison between two
unlike things, using like or as.

300

Two part question:

1) What is the pattern in the sentence below?
2) Finish the sentence following the pattern:

Annie ate apples all ___________.

1) Every word starts with "A"
2) Afternoon, alone, absurdly, annoyed,

400

What are the 4 "S" of Poetry?

Speech, Speaker, Sound and Structure

Are these ones harder?

100

Fill in the blanks:

The element Speech focuses on the _________chosen
and the _____________ created in your mind.

words and pictures

The element Speech focuses on the
words chosen and the pictures created in your mind.

200

3 part question: write true or false for each statement:

a) All poems rhyme.(True or False)
b) A poem cannot have periods, commas or exclamation marks in it (True or False)
c) A poem must be longer than 50 words (True or False)

a) FALSE - all poems do not need to rhyme

b) FALSE - They don't all need punctuation but they can.
Sometimes punctuation is really important to a poem.
c) FALSE - a poem can be any length

300

What type of mood does this poem have?

Stunningly dressed flower stalks
Stand shimmering in the breeze.
The cheerful sun hides playfully
Behind white, fluffy, cotton-ball clouds,
While trees whisper secrets
To their rustling leaves.
Carpets of grass greenly glow
Blending joyfully with the day.
Spring brings life to death.

Happiness, optimism, renewal, hope

400

Two minute time limit on this one!

Using imagery (descriptions using the five senses),
describe a garbage can sitting in the hot summer sun.

Use two of the senses (see, hear, smell, touch, taste)
in your answer.

The putrid garbage was piled sky high and smelt like
rotten cheese mixed with sweaty feet.
Even the rats wouldn't come near it.

You'll know these ones

100

Fill in the blanks:

The Speaker of the poem examines the _______ and
________ of the poet.

feelings and thoughts

The Speaker of the poem examines the feelings and
thoughts of the poet.

200

Complete the poem by following the pattern:

I love my dog,
he is small and neat,
when he comes home wet from the bog,
___________________________

The last line needs to rhyme with neat


all we can smell is his feet!

300

When looking at the structure of a poem,
name 5 examples of things that you can look for.

Shape, spacing, punctuation, length, patterns

400

The sky was a ragged blaze of red and pink and orange,
and its double trembled on the surface of the pond
like color spilled from a paintbox.

The sun was dropping fast now, a soft red sliding egg
yolk, and already to the east there was a darkening
to purple.

1) What is Natalie Babbit describing?
2) What is it called when you describe something
using the senses to form a clear picture in your
mind?

1) A sunset
2) Imagery